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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 pods
Familiarity information: MOON TREFOIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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