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Bird's-foot
Bird’s′-footˊ
,Noun.
(Bot.)
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. Lotus corniculatas
, with yellow flowers, is very common in Great Britain. (b)
the related plant,
Trigonella ornithopodioides
, is also European.