trefoil vs crimson clover

crimson clover vs trefoil

trefoil and crimson clover both are nouns.

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

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

trefoil: a plant of the genus Trifolium
crimson clover: southern European annual with spiky heads of crimson flower; extensively cultivated in United States for forage

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

trefoil (noun)	crimson clover (noun)
an architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle	southern European annual with spiky heads of crimson flower; extensively cultivated in United States for forage
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 crimson clover

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