bird's-foot trefoil

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Definitions of bird's-foot trefoil words

noun bird's-foot trefoil any of various creeping leguminous Eurasian plants of the genus Lotus, esp L. corniculatus, with red-tipped yellow flowers and seed pods resembling the claws of a bird 3
noun bird's-foot trefoil a perennial plant (Lotus corniculatus) of the pea family, with clusters of yellow flowers, used for forage and hay 3
noun bird's-foot trefoil a plant, Lotus corniculatus, of the legume family, the pods of which spread like a crow's foot, grown for forage. 1
noun bird's-foot trefoil any similar plant of the same genus. 1

before 1825

One of the 37% newest English words

First recorded in 1825-35

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