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† ˈthree-leaf Obs.
[f. three + leaf: cf. trefoil.]
A three-leaved or trifoliate plant. a. The wood-sorrel; so called from its ternate leaves. b. A species of orchid (? Habenaria) with three root-leaves.
c1000ælfric Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 133/22 Trifolium, ᵹeacessure, uel þrilefe. 1562Turner Herbal ii. 128 Satyrion whiche som call Threleafe, because it hath thre leaues, bowing doune toward the earth. |