crowtoe

A perennial herbaceous plant, Lotus corniculatus, native to temperate Eurasia and North Africa.

Noun

  1. A perennial herbaceous plant, Lotus corniculatus, native to temperate Eurasia and North Africa.
    • With yelowish marygold , she the tender Crowtoe bedecketh - 1812, Samuel Egerton Brydges, Sir Egerton Brydges, Joseph Haslewood, The British Bibliographer, volume 2:
  2. An unidentified plant, probably the crowfoot.
    • The tufted Crow-toe. - 1637, John Milton, Lycidas:

Origin

From crow + toe.

Forms

crowtoes

Synonyms

bird's-foot trefoil birdfoot deervetch