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GENUS TRIFOLIUM

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Meaning:

Any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leaflets

Synonyms:

genus Trifolium; Trifolium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Trifolium" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Trifolium"):

clover; trefoil (a plant of the genus Trifolium)

Holonyms ("genus Trifolium" is a member of...):

Fabaceae; family Fabaceae; family Leguminosae; legume family; Leguminosae; pea family (a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae)

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