trefoil vs sickle alfalfa

sickle alfalfa vs trefoil

trefoil and sickle alfalfa both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
trefoil	Yes	No	No	No
sickle alfalfa	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sickle alfalfa is a hyponym of trefoil; that is, sickle alfalfa 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
sickle alfalfa: European medic naturalized in North America having yellow flowers and sickle-shaped pods

Other hyponyms of trefoil include Medicago arborea, moon trefoil, Medicago falcata, 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)	sickle alfalfa (noun)
an architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle	European medic naturalized in North America having yellow flowers and sickle-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 sickle alfalfa

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