MEANING
1. A decorative form consisting of three rounded lobes.
2. A plant with leaves typically divided into three leaflets, especially cloverlike plants.
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- trefoil arch
- trefoil tracery
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Trefoil tracery framed the stained glass.
A stone trefoil crowned the niche.
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Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular trefoil; plural trefoils. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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