three-leavedadj.
/ˈθriːliːvd/ Having three leaves, or leaves consisting each of three leaflets; trifoliate. three-leaved grass n. an old name for clover; in quot. 1634 apparently wood sorrel (cf. three-leaf n. a). three-leaved ivy n. an American name for the poison ivy ( Rhus toxicodendron). three-leaved rush n. Juncus trifidus.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > clover or trefoil
white clovereOE
cloverc1000
hare-foota1300
clerewort?a1400
clover-grassa1400
three-leaved grass14..
trefoilc1400
sucklingc1440
four-leaved grassc1450
trefle1510
Trifolium?1541
trinity grass1545
Dutch1548
lote1548
hare's-foot1562
lotus1562
triple grass1562
blain-grass1570
meadow trefoil1578
purple grass1597
purplewort1597
satin flower1597
cithyse1620
true-love grass?a1629
garden balsam1633
hop-clover1679
Burgundian hay1712
strawberry trefoil1731
honeysuckle trefoil1735
red clover1764
buffalo-clover1767
marl-grass1776
purple trefoil1785
white trefoil1785
yellow trefoil1785
sulla1787
cow-grass1789
strawberry-bearing trefoil1796
zigzag trefoil1796
rabbit's foot1817
lotus grass1820
strawberry-headed trefoil1822
mountain liquorice1836
hop-trefoil1855
clustered clover1858
alsike1881
mountain clover1882
knop1897
Swedish clover1908
sub clover1920
four-leaf clover1927
suckle-
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > clover
cloverc1000
honeysucklea1300
clover-grassa1400
three-leaved grass14..
sucklingc1440
white honeysuckle1657
suckle1709
serradilla1846
honeysuck1854
ladino clover1924
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Oxalidaceae (wood-sorrel and allies) > [noun]
sorrel de boysa1400
wood-soura1400
hallelujahc1425
cuckoobread1526
cuckoo's meat1526
wood sorrel1526
stubwort1541
sour trefoil1578
stobwort1597
salad sorrel1611
French sorrel1633
three-leaved grass1634
stab-wort1640
lujula1651
oxalis1706
goat's foot1787
sour grass1866
sour-sop1885
soursob1907
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > rush and related plants
rusheOE
sharp rushc1050
seave14..
junk?a1425
candle-rushc1440
rush1562
sea-rush1562
camel's-straw1578
mat-rush1578
sprot1595
frog grass1597
matweed1597
rush grass1597
sprata1600
spart1614
bumble1633
toad-grass1640
moss-rush1670
thresha1689
spreta1700
bog rush1760
black grassa1763
goose-corn1762
toad-rush1776
wood-rush1776
stool-bent1777
scrub-grass1811
beak-rush1830
salt-weed1836
wiwi1840
thread rush1861
three-leaved rush1861
kill-cow1898
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 595/33 Melilotum, thre-leued-gras.
1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 41 Among so many thre~leued herbes as we haue.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 18 Such as haue the Scuruy,..eat three-leafed-grasse, fresh meate, or the like.
1772 J. Forster in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 55 The threeleaved Hellebore.
1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. V. 296 Three-leaved Rush... This rare species,..has crowded, erect, thread-like stems, from four to six inches high.
1884 J. Tait Mind in Matter 217 Saint Patrick..employed the three-leaved clover to illustrate the Unity of Nature, and Plurality of Persons in the Deity.
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