trefoil vs purple clover

purple clover vs trefoil

trefoil and purple clover both are nouns.

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

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

trefoil: a plant of the genus Trifolium
purple clover: erect to decumbent short-lived perennial having red-purple to pink flowers; the most commonly grown forage clover

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

trefoil (noun)	purple clover (noun)
an architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle	erect to decumbent short-lived perennial having red-purple to pink flowers; the most commonly grown forage clover
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 purple clover

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