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bird's-foot

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bird's-foot, bird-foot
n pl -foots
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a European leguminous plant, Ornithopus perpusillus, with small red-veined white flowers and curved pods resembling a bird's claws
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various other plants whose flowers, leaves, or pods resemble a bird's foot or claw


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Wyau gwyrdd neu lwyd/wyrdd sydd gan y glesyn cyffredin ac mi fyddan nhw fel arfer yn dodwy ar y tagaradr (Ononis repens; common restharrow) a troed yr ir (Lotus corniculatus; bird's-foot trefoil) fel bod yna fwyd yn hwylus i'r lindys.
Along the way, like a royal carpet welcoming me, were lady slippers, star flowers, bluet, gay wings, bird's-foot violets, jack-in-the-pulpits, azaleas, geraniums and lilies of the valley.
A sheet of spearwort mixed with bird's-foot trefoil yellow-carpeted the foreground, vivid in the sunlight and against the sombre scene across the valley.
 
 
 
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