bean trefoil

2 definitions found

bean trefoil - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bean trefoil \Bean" tre"foil\ (Bot.)
     A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves
     (Anagyris foetida).
     [1913 Webster]

bean trefoil - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bean trefoil
      n 1: shrub with trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers followed by
           backward curving seed pods; leaves foetid when crushed
           [syn: bean trefoil, stinking bean trefoil, Anagyris foetida
           ]