Trifolium

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trifolium \Tri*fo"li*um\, n. [L., clover.] (Bot.)
     A genus of leguminous herbs with densely spiked flowers and
     usually trifoliate leaves; trefoil. There are many species,
     all of which are called clover. See {Clover}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Trifolium
       n : any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three
           leaflets [syn: {genus Trifolium}]