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# trefoil

«trefoil» in Mova's school dictionary: **a plant with three leaves on each stalk, like clover** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (trefoils)

### meaning for a pupil

A trefoil is a plant with three leaves on each stalk, like clover. It can also mean a shape with three rounded lobes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trefoil/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales a trefoil is a flower with three white leaves that springs up where someone walks; in lessons it can name a three-lobed pattern in art

### examples

- Four white trefoils sprang up where she trod. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trefoil/#x1)
- A clover is a trefoil with three leaves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trefoil/#x2)
- The gardener planted a row of trefoils by the path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trefoil/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths unless a problem counts leaves: each trefoil has 3 leaves.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «trefoil» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trefoil/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.