a. [ Pref. tri- + foliolate. ] (Bot.) Having three leaflets. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L., clover. ] (Bot.) A genus of leguminous herbs with densely spiked flowers and usually trifoliate leaves; trefoil. There are many species, all of which are called clover. See Clover. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. trifolium. See Trifoliate, Trefoil. ] (Bot.) Sweet trefoil. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
She was crowned with a chaplet of trifoly. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ LL., fr. L. tri- (see Tri-) + foris, pl. fores, a door. ] (Arch.) The gallery or open space between the vaulting and the roof of the aisles of a church, often forming a rich arcade in the interior of the church, above the nave arches and below the clearstory windows. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. triformis; tri- (see Tri-) + forma form. ] Having a triple form or character. “This triform antagonism.” I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
Goddess Triform, I own thy triple spell. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. triformitas. ] The state of being triform, or of having a threefold shape. [ 1913 Webster ]