trefoil vs sickle medick

sickle medick vs trefoil

trefoil and sickle medick both are nouns.

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

As nouns, sickle medick is a hyponym of trefoil; that is, sickle medick 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 medick: 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 alfalfa, sickle lucerne, Calvary clover, Medicago echinus, Medicago intertexta, black medick, hop clover, Medicago lupulina, nonesuch clover, yellow trefoil, alfalfa, lucerne, Medicago sativa.

trefoil (noun)	sickle medick (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 medick

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