trifoly noun2 •(no longer used) Melilot; sweet cloverShe vvas crovvned vvith a Chaplet of Trifoly, to expresse readines, and opennesse euery vvay; […] — 1604 •(no longer used) The plant trefoil.Braid moonfern now with mystic trifoly / Because once more Goito gets, once more, / Sordello to itself! — 1840 formstrifolies