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Definition of: trefoil
(trē′foil) noun
1. Any one of the clovers (genus Trifolium), so called from the trifoliolate leaves.
2. Certain other plants with trifoliolate leaves, as the black medic.
3. A three–lobed architectural ornamentation. [<AF trifoil, OF trefeuil <L trifolium]
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