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# trefoil

noun (trefoils)

«trefoil» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trefoil/#m1)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «trefoil» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trefoil/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«trefoil» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/trefoil.html) on Mova free.