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noun

Bird's-foot n. (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.

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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