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trifoly

trifoly noun: melilot; sweet clover.

Noun

trifoly (countable and uncountable, plural trifolies)

  1. (obsolete) Melilot; sweet clover
    • She vvas crovvned vvith a Chaplet of Trifoly, to expreſſe readines, and openneſſe euery vvay; […]1604 March 25 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), B[en] Jon[son], “The Pegme at Fen-church”, in B. Jon: His Part of King James His Royall and Magnificent Entertainement through His Honorable...
  2. (obsolete) The plant trefoil.
    • Braid moonfern now with mystic trifoly / Because once more Goito gets, once more, / Sordello to itself!1840 March, Robert Browning, “Book the Third”, in Sordello, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 87

Forms of trifoly

pluraltrifolies

Origin of trifoly

From Latin trifolium. See trifoliate, trefoil.

Questions about trifoly

What does trifoly mean?
Trifoly means melilot; sweet clover.
What part of speech is trifoly?
Trifoly is a noun.
What is the plural of trifoly?
The plural of trifoly is trifolies.

Words near trifoly in the dictionary

  1. trifolirhizin
  2. trifolitoxin
  3. trifolium
  4. trifoliums
  5. trifollicular
  6. trifoly
  7. triforce
  8. triforced
  9. triforces
  10. triforcing
  11. triforia

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