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Bird'S-Foot
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point. Bird's-foot trefoil. (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants (Lotus) with clawlike pods. L. corniculatas, with yellow flowers, is very common in Great Britain.
2. the related plant, Trigonella ornithopodioides, is also European.