trefoil vs buffalo clover

buffalo clover vs trefoil

trefoil and buffalo clover both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
trefoil	Yes	No	No	No
buffalo clover	Yes	No	No	No

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

trefoil: a plant of the genus Trifolium
buffalo clover: clover of western United States

Other hyponyms of trefoil include alpine clover, Trifolium alpinum, hop clover, lesser yellow trefoil, shamrock, Trifolium dubium, crimson clover, Italian clover, Trifolium incarnatum, purple clover, red clover, Trifolium pratense, Trifolium reflexum, Trifolium stoloniferum, dutch clover, shamrock, Trifolium repens, white clover.

trefoil (noun)	buffalo clover (noun)
an architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle	clover of western United States
a plant of the genus Trifolium	low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of livestock poisoning in the southwestern United States
any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves

Difference between trefoil and buffalo clover

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