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MOON TREFOIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does moon trefoil mean? 

MOON TREFOIL (noun)
  The noun MOON TREFOIL has 1 sense:

1. evergreen shrub of southern European highlands having downy foliage and a succession of yellow flowers throughout the summer followed by curious snail-shaped podsplay

  Familiarity information: MOON TREFOIL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOON TREFOIL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Evergreen shrub of southern European highlands having downy foliage and a succession of yellow flowers throughout the summer followed by curious snail-shaped pods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Medicago arborea; moon trefoil

Hypernyms ("moon trefoil" is a kind of...):

medic; medick; trefoil (any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves)


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