Bean Trefoil (Noun)
Meaning
Shrub with trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers followed by backward curving seed pods; leaves foetid when crushed.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The gardens featured a variety of flowering shrubs, including the distinctive bean trefoil with its clusters of small yellow blooms.
- In some parts of the country, bean trefoil was considered a common weed due to its ability to spread rapidly.
- The botanist studied the bean trefoil's unique trifoliate leaves and the way they responded to environmental stimuli.
- Crushing the leaves of the bean trefoil plant released a pungent aroma that repelled some insects.
- After the yellow flowers had faded, the bean trefoil seeds developed in distinctive backward curving pods.