trefoil vs black medick

black medick vs trefoil

trefoil and black medick both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
trefoil	Yes	No	No	No
black medick	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, black medick is a hyponym of trefoil; that is, black medick 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
black medick: prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods; naturalized in North America

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

trefoil (noun)	black medick (noun)
an architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle	prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods; naturalized in North America
a plant of the genus Trifolium
any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves

Difference between trefoil and black medick

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