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GENUS TRIFOLIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Trifolium mean?
• GENUS TRIFOLIUM (noun)
The noun GENUS TRIFOLIUM has 1 sense:
1. any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leaflets
Familiarity information: GENUS TRIFOLIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any leguminous plant having leaves divided into three leaflets
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Trifolium; Trifolium
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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