Definition of "four-leaved" [four-leaved]

• Of a plant, having four leaves. (adjective)

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• "Often, quatrefoils enclose stained glass, but the four-leaved plant motif can also appear as part of the stained glass itself."
• "Stained glass of Sainte ChapelleThe preference in Gothic architecture for quatrefoils has produced a legacy of four-leaved ornaments that enriches architecture of the Late Middle Ages."
• "Mother had gone back to her writing, and several sheets of pink paper with scalloped gilt edges and green four-leaved shamrocks in the corner were spoiled before the three had decided what to say."