trefoil vs moon trefoil

moon trefoil vs trefoil

trefoil and moon trefoil both are nouns.

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

As nouns, moon trefoil is a hyponym of trefoil; that is, moon trefoil 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
moon trefoil: evergreen shrub of southern European highlands having downy foliage and a succession of yellow flowers throughout the summer followed by curious snail-shaped pods

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

trefoil (noun)	moon trefoil (noun)
an architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle	evergreen shrub of southern European highlands having downy foliage and a succession of yellow flowers throughout the summer followed by curious snail-shaped pods
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 moon trefoil

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