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Definition: Ornithopus
Bird's-foot
\Bird's"-foot`\, n. (Bot.)
A papilionaceous plant, the
Ornithopus, having a curved,
cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]