OF BRITISH PLANTS. 239 



TREFOIL, L. trio, foliola, three-leaflets, a name given 

 more particularly to the clovers, Trifoliuin, L. 



TREMBLING POPLAR, the aspen, from its quivering leaves. 



Populus tremula, L. 



TRIFFOLY, of Shakspeare's Cephalus and Procris, TRI- 

 FOLIE of others, a trefoil, so called from its three leaflets. 

 TRINITY, see HERB TRINITY. 



TRIP MADAM, Fr. trippemadame, corrupted from triacque 

 madame, a plant used as a treacle or vermifuge, 



Sedum reflexum, L. 



TROLL-FLOWER, the globe-flower, from Sw. troll, Da. 

 trold, Fris. trol, a malignant supernatural being, a name 

 corresponding to Scotch Witches Goivan, and given to this 

 plant on account of its acrid poisonous qualities ; 



Trollius europseus, L. 



TRUELOVE, incorrectly so spelt for TRULOVE, a plant 

 called so from its four leaves being set together in the form 

 of a trulove-, or engaged lovers' knot, such as is seen in 

 coats of arms where the wife's is quartered with her hus- 

 band's ; from Da. trolovet, betrothed, of tro, faith, and love, 

 promise, O.N. trolofad, and not from faithfulness in love, 

 with which it has no etymological connexion ; 



Paris quadrifolia, L. 



TRUFFLE, in Parkinson and Dale TRUBBES, li.tartujfola, 

 dim. of tartufo, from L. terrce tuber, 



Tuber cibarium, Sibt. 



TULIP, in old works TULIPAN, a word that in Turkish 

 means " turban," Pers. dulbend, from its rich and varied 

 colours, and its shape resembling that of an inverted cap, 



Tulipa Gesneriana, L. 



TUNHOOF, from A.S. tun, a court or garden, Du. tuin, 

 and hufe, a crown, a translation of Gr. <rre^avw^jM 7779, and 

 L. terrce corona, the ground ivy, 



Nepeta Glechoma, Benth. 



