different between trifolium vs trifoliate

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

trifolium (plural trifoliums or trifolia)

1. (botany) Any of the genus Trifolium of clovers and trefoils.

Anagrams

• lituiform

Latin

Etymology

From tria (“three”) + folium (“a leaf”), a calque of Ancient Greek ????????? (tríphullon).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /tri?fo.li.um/, [t????f?li???]

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tri?fo.li.um/, [t??i?f??lium]

Noun

trifolium n (genitive trifoli? or trifol?); second declension

1. trefoil, clover

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• trifolium hepaticum

Related terms

• trifoliatus

Descendants

References

• trifolium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• trifolium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• trifolium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

tri- (“three”) + Latin foli?tus (“leaved”) Doublet of tréflé.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tr?f??l??t, IPA^(key): /t?a??f??l??t/,

Adjective

trifoliate (not comparable)

1. (chiefly botany) Having or comprising three leaves, or (loosely) trifoliolate (with three leaflets) or having leaves with three parts, as the clover plant.
2. Comprising, abounding with, or featuring trefoils.

Derived terms

• trifoliated

Related terms

• trefoil
• trifoliolate (diminutive, botany)
• Trifolium (botany)

Translations

Noun

trifoliate (plural trifoliates)

1. A trifoliate plant

References

Latin

Adjective

trifoli?te

1. vocative masculine singular of trifoli?tus