bird's-foot trefoil

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bird's-foot trefoil (bûrdz

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A perennial Old World herb (Lotus corniculata) in the pea family, having golden-yellow flowers and clusters of pods arranged like the claws of a bird.

bird's-foot trefoil

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) 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 Also called bacon-and-eggs

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