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ornithopus

ornithopus


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Bird's-foot  \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.  {L. 
  corniculatas},  with  yellow  flowers,  is  very  common  in 
  Great  Britain. 
  b  the  related  plant,  {Trigonella  ornithopodioides},  is  also 
  European.