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[Mod. Lat. dim in. from Greek trigonos triangular. So named because the standard is flat and the spreading ale give the flowers a triangular appearance.] Bot.: Fenugreek, a genus of Trifoliese. Leaves trifoliolate; calyx five-toothed, the teeth nearly equal; petals distinct, keel obtuse; flowers in few or many-flowered heads, or in short racemes. Legume straight or slightly curved, two-valved, much longer than the calyx. Known species fifry, all from the Eastern hemisphere. One, Trigon ell a ornithopodioides, the Bird's-foot Fenugreek, is British. It has decumbent stems, two to five inches long, obcordate leaflets, toothed at the end, the peduncles bearing about three flowers; the legumes nearly twice the length of the calyx, and containing about eight seeds. Found in dry, sandy pastures, generally near the sea. It flowers in July and August. A decoction of it is used as an emollient, and its flowers are made into poultices for veterinary use. T. fænum græcum , the Fenugreek, or Fenugræc, is an erect annual, one or two feet high, a native of the Mediterranean region and of the Punjaub. It is cultivated in India and other warm countries, and occasionally in England, where, however, the climate is too variable to render it a profitable crop. In India the seeds are largely used as a condiment and as a substitute for coffee; they also yield a yellow dye. Containing the principal coumarin, which imparts the pleasant sweet smell to hay, they are used to render damaged hay palatable to horses, and are an ingredient in concentrated cattle food. IMG:content-1441.png:[graphic] pine, pit, sire, sir, tate, făt, färe, amidst, what, fall, father; marine; gō, pot, trigon ell i tes *trig-o-něl-li-tēs, s. [Mod. Lat., dim in. from trigon a ; suff.- ites .] Palæont .: The name given by Parkins on in 1811 to the opercula of certain species of ammonites. These opercula are divided into two symmetrical pieces by a straight median suture, and were mis taken for bivalve shells.