bean trefoil

noun

Anagyris foetida, a leguminous shrub of southern Europe with trifoliate leaves.

Meanings

nounbean trefoil (plural bean trefoils)

plural bean trefoils · alternative bean-trefoil

  1. Anagyris foetida, a leguminous shrub of southern Europe with trifoliate leaves.

    Synonyms: bean clover, Mediterranean stinkbush, stinking bean trefoil

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAnagyris foetida, a leguminous shrub of southern Europe with trifoliate leaves.

More synonyms by meaning

nounshrub with trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers followed by backward curving seed pods; leaves foetid when crushed

Similar
stinking bean trefoilAnagyris foetida
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Ancient Greek ἀνάγυρος
  • ἀνάγυρος (anáguros)Anagyrus foetida
Catalan garrofer bord
  • garrofer bordAnagyrus foetida
Italian legno puzzo
  • legno puzzoAnagyrus foetida
Turkish domuz dikeni
  • domuz dikeniAnagyrus foetida
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APA

bean trefoil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bean%20trefoil

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bean trefoil,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bean%20trefoil.

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