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unusual facts about trefoil



Arf invariant of a knot

Every knot is pass-equivalent to either the unknot or the trefoil; these two knots are not pass-equivalent and additionally, the right- and left-handed trefoils are pass-equivalent.

Bacon and eggs

:or Bird's foot trefoil, a variety of Lotus: see Lotus (genus) or Lotus corniculatus

Bryher, Isles of Scilly

Rare plants include the Red Data Book (RDB) Orange Bird’s-foot (Ornithopus pinnatus) and the nationally scarce Hairy Bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus subbiflorus).

C. trifolii

Coleophora trifolii, the trefoil thick-horned tinea or large clover case-bearer, a moth species found in Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor, Afghanistan and North America

Carricknath Point to Porthbean Beach

Here the nationally scarce species of Babington's Leek (Allium ampeloprasum) and Hairy Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus subbiflorus) grows, and a variety of invertebrates can be found.

L. glaber

Lotus glaber, the narrow-leaf bird's-foot trefoil, a flowering plant species native to western and southern Europe and southwest Asia

Shortbread

The classic Girl Scout cookie "Trefoils" are shortbread in the shape of the Girl Scout trefoil logo.

Sulloniacis

Located on London Clay, it has many flowers typical of clay pasture, such as greater bird's-foot-trefoil and burnet-saxifrage.


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