trefoil vs alfalfa

alfalfa vs trefoil

trefoil and alfalfa both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
trefoil	Yes	No	No	No
alfalfa	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, alfalfa is a hyponym of trefoil; that is, alfalfa is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than trefoil:

trefoil: any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves
alfalfa: important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop

Other hyponyms of trefoil include Medicago arborea, moon trefoil, Medicago falcata, sickle alfalfa, sickle lucerne, sickle medick, Calvary clover, Medicago echinus, Medicago intertexta, black medick, hop clover, Medicago lupulina, nonesuch clover, yellow trefoil, lucerne, Medicago sativa.

trefoil (noun)	alfalfa (noun)
an architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle	leguminous plant grown for hay or forage
a plant of the genus Trifolium	important European leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves and blue-violet flowers grown widely as a pasture and hay crop
any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves

Difference between trefoil and alfalfa

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