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Bean trefoil

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

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bean trefoil

n. (taxlink Anagyris foetida species noshow=1), a leguminous shrub of southern Europe with trifoliate leaves.

WordNet
bean trefoil

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

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It was introduced into England previously to 1597, at which time Gerard appears to have grown it in his garden under the names of Anagyris, Laburnum, and Bean Trefoil.