trefoil vs shamrock

shamrock vs trefoil

trefoil and shamrock both are nouns.

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

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

trefoil: a plant of the genus Trifolium
shamrock: clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock

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

trefoil (noun)	shamrock (noun)
an architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle	clover native to Ireland with yellowish flowers; often considered the true or original shamrock
a plant of the genus Trifolium	creeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leaves; naturalized in United States; widely grown for forage
any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves	Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers

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