BIRD'S-FOOT

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

the related plant, Trigonella ornithopodioides, is also European.