Associations to the word «Trifoliate»

Wiktionary

TRIFOLIATE, adjective. (chiefly botany) Having or comprising three leaves, leaflets, or (loosely) such similar structures, as the clover plant.
TRIFOLIATE, adjective. Comprising, abounding with, or featuring trefoils.

Dictionary definition

TRIFOLIATE, adjective. (of a leaf shape) having three leaflets.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats