trefoil
1Trefoil — (from Latin trifolium , three leaved plant , French trèfle , German Dreiblatt and Dreiblattbogen ) is a graphic form composed of the outline of three overlapping rings used in architecture and Christian symbolism. The term is also applied to… …
2trefoil — [trē′foil΄] n. [ME treyfoyle < Anglo Fr trifoil < L trifolium, three leaved plant < tri , TRI + folium, a leaf: see FOIL2] 1. a) any of a number of plants with leaves divided into three leaflets, as the clover, tick trefoil, and certain… …
3Trefoil — Tre foil, n. [L. tres three + E. foil leaf; cf. F. fr[ e]fle, It. trifoglio, L. trifolium. See {Tri }, {Foil} leaf, and cf. {Trifoly}.] 1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Trifolium}, which includes the white clover, red clover, etc.; less properly …
4trefoil — (n.) c.1400, from Anglo Fr. trifoil (c.1265), from O.Fr. trefeuil, from L. trifolium three leaved plant, from tri three (see TRI (Cf. tri )) + folium leaf (see FOLIO (Cf. folio)) …
5trefoil — ► NOUN 1) a small plant with yellow flowers and three lobed clover like leaves. 2) architectural tracery in the form of three rounded lobes like a clover leaf. 3) a thing having three parts. ORIGIN Latin trifolium, from tri three + folium leaf …
6Trefoil — Warnzeichen für Radioaktivität Trefoil (englisch für Klee , Dreiblatt) ist im Deutschen die Bezeichnung für das Warnsymbol für Radioaktivität beziehungsweise ionisierende Strahlung. Es wurde 1946 an der University of California in Berkeley… …
7trefoil — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin trifolium, from tri + folium leaf more at blade Date: 15th century 1. a. clover 1; broadly any of several leguminous herbs (as bird s foot trefoil) with leaves that have or appear to… …
8trefoil — /tree foyl, tref oyl/, n. 1. any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having usually digitate leaves of three leaflets and reddish, purple, yellow, or white flower heads, comprising the common clovers. 2. any …
9Trefoil — An ornament used in Gothic architecture, formed by mouldings in the head of window lights, tracery, panelings, etc., so arranged as to resemble the trefoil, (i.e., three leaved) clover, as an emblem of the Trinity …
10trefoil — dobilas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Pupinių (Fabaceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Trifolium). atitikmenys: lot. Trifolium angl. clover; trefoil vok. Klee rus. клевер lenk. koniczyna …