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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.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... flower we saw there which was new to me was the Indian pink. Roosevelt seemed to know the flowers as well as he did the birds. Pink moccasin-flowers and the bird's-foot violet were common ...

— Under the Maples • John Burroughs