bird's-footn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈbəːdzfʊt/, U.S.

/ˈbərdzˌfʊt/

Forms:

α. 1500s birdes-foote, 1600s birds-feete (plural), 1600s birds-foote, 1600s– birds-foot, 1700s– bird's-foot, 1800s birds'-foot.

β. 1800s– bird-foot.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bird n., foot n.

Etymology: Partly (in α. forms) < the genitive singular or genitive plural of bird n. + foot n.; partly (in β. forms) < bird n. + foot n.Originally (in sense A. 1) after early modern Dutch voghelvoet (1554 in Dodoens as voghelvoet, or earlier); compare post-classical Latin ornithopodium (1557 in a French translation of Dodoens, or earlier), ornithopodion (1552 in a Latin work by Dodoens, or earlier), and scientific Latin Ornithopus (1748, as an alteration of ornithopodium). Compare also Middle French pied d'oyseau, Middle French, French pied d'oiseau (1557 in a French translation of Dodoens, or earlier).

A. n.

1. Originally: any of various small leguminous plants typically having pinnate leaves, papilionaceous flowers, and a cluster of seed pods thought to resemble the foot of a bird. In later use: spec. any plant of (or formerly included in) the genus Ornithopus, esp. O. perpusillus, which has pinkish-white flowers, and (in full orange bird's-foot) O. pinnatus, which has red-veined yellow flowers.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > names applied to various plants > [noun]

heatha700

beeworteOE

leversc725

springworteOE

clotec1000

halswortc1000

sengreenc1000

bottle?a1200

bird's-tonguea1300

bloodworta1300

faverolea1300

vetchc1300

pimpernel1378

oniona1398

bird's nest?a1425

adder's grassc1450

cockheada1500

ambrosia1525

fleawort1548

son before the father1552

crow-toe1562

basil1578

bird's-foot1578

bloodroot1578

throatwort1578

phalangium1608

yew1653

chalcedon1664

dittany1676

bleeding heart1691

felon-wort1706

hedgehog1712

land caltrops1727

old man's beard1731

loosestrife1760

Solomon's seal1760

fireweed1764

desert rose1792

star of Bethlehem1793

hen and chickens1794

Aaron's beard1820

felon-grass1824

arrowroot1835

snake-root1856

firebush1858

tick-seed1860

bird's eye1863

burning bush1866

rat-tail1871

lamb's earsa1876

lamb's tongue plant1882

tar-weed1884

Tom Thumb1886

parrotbeak1890

stinkweed1932

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > other leguminous plants

peaseOE

vetchc1400

hatchet vetch1548

mock liquorice1548

scorpion's tail1548

ax-fitch1562

ax-seed1562

axwort1562

treacle clover1562

lady's finger1575

bird's-foot1578

goat's rue1578

horseshoe1578

caterpillar1597

kidney-vetch1597

horseshoe-vetch1640

goat rue1657

kidney-fetch1671

galega1685

stanch1726

scorpion senna1731

Dolichos1753

Sophora1753

partridge pea1787

bauhinia1790

coronilla1793

swamp pea-tree1796

Mysore thorn1814

devil's shoestring1817

pencil flower1817

rattlebox1817

Canavalia1828

milk plant1830

joint-vetch1836

milk pea1843

prairie clover1857

oxytrope1858

rattleweed1864

wart-herb1864

snail-flower1866

poison pea1884

masu1900

money bush1924

Townsville stylo1970

orange bird's-foot2007

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. xxix. 486 Birdes foote is lyke to..the wilde Vetche, but far smaller.

1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum xi. xxiii. 1092 There are two or three sorts of small herbes called Birds foote.

1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum xi. xxxiii. 1093 The Birds feete have a little drying and binding qualitie in them, and are therefore good to be used in wound drinkes.

?1768–9 Encycl. Brit. (1771) I. 623/2 The lathyrus and vicia, which comprehend a number of plants of the vetch-kind; the ornithopus, or bird's-foot.

1842 C. W. Johnson Farmer's Encycl. 201/2 The species of bird's foot are curious on account of their jointed pods, but not worth culture as plants of ornament.

1859 C. M. Yonge Hist. Sir Thomas Thumb xiv. 91 There the scented thyme..the glowing bird's-foot, and the tufted milk-wort grow.

1971 R. S. R. Fitter Finding Wild Flowers 143 The assorted group with few flowers in the head consists of three medicks, one trefoil, two birdsfoot trefoils and two birdsfoots.

2007 D. Chapman Wild about Cornwall 108/2 Here on St Martin's we have the fiery yellow bird's-foot trefoil, purple heather, lemon yellow of the lady's bedstraw, orange bird's-foot.

†2. A tropical American fern, Adiantopsis radiata (family Pteridaceae), which has a cluster of five or more radiating fronds. Obsolete. rare.

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1865 P. H. Gosse Land & Sea 351 Among Ferns of humbler pretensions, the pretty little Bird-foot, Cheilanthes radiata, spreads its maidenhair-like pinnæ in the form of five-rayed stars.

B. adj.

†1. Designating a starfish having a flattened, reddish body and five short, webbed arms, Anseropoda placenta (family Asterinidae), found in northwestern Atlantic and Mediterranean waters; esp. in bird's-foot starfish. Obsolete.Now called goose-foot starfish.

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1841 E. Forbes Hist. Brit. Starfishes 117 The Bird's-foot starfish is a very singular species. It is the thinnest and flattest of all its class.

1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands ii. ix. 237 The cribella, the sun-stars..and the birds' foot sea-star (palmipes), are all represented.

1887 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. (ed. 7) xviii. 235 Other groups with two-rowed tube-feet are the Oreastridæ and the Asterinidæ, the last comprising the well-known Cushion-stars..and the Birds'-foot Stars.

1922 S. N. Sedgwick Brit. Nature Bk. xii. 316 The Bird's-foot Starfish..has its rays joined together by a membrane, much like the toes of a duck's foot.

2. Physical Geography. Designating a (type of) river delta which protrudes outwards into the sea and is made up of many sediment-bordered channels which resemble the outstretched toes of a bird’s foot.

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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > land near river > [noun] > delta > type of

bird's-foot1912

1912 Geogr. Jrnl. 39 614 The ‘bird-foot’ form of the delta, and the absence of subsidiary interlacing channels, are the outcome of the formation and destruction of the mud-lumps as the river progressed.

1944 A. Holmes Princ. Physical Geol. x. 171 The Mississippi..extends its mouths seaward by way of deep channels..which are outstretched like fingers. This part of its delta is the chief example of the bird's foot type.

1982 P. K. Link Basic Petroleum Geol. iv. 60/2 Where stream or river sediments are confined to several delta channels, a birdfoot delta is built out into the sea, provided that ocean waves and currents do not redistribute the sediments.

2018 J. A. DiPietro in Geol. & Landscape Evol. (ed. 2) xiii. 204/2 The current birds-foot delta has been building for only 400 to 500 years.

Compounds

bird's-foot clover n. (a) a leguminous plant of the genus Lotus, esp. L. corniculatus (= bird's-foot trefoil n.) (now rare); (b) a clover with light green leaves, white or pale pink papilionaceous flowers, and straight seed pods, Trifolium ornithopodioides (also called bird's foot fenugreek).

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1799 J. Hull Brit. Flora i. 166 Bird's-foot Clover.

?1880 J. G. Wood & T. Wood Field Naturalist's Handbk. 87 Bird's-foot Clover, or Fenugreek. Trigonella ornithopodioides.

1952 E. Salisbury Downs & Dunes 252 Trigonella ornithopedioides... Bird's-foot clover.

2020 P. J. Jarvis Pelagic Dict. Nat. Hist. Brit. Isles (e-book ed.) Bird's-foot clover T. ornithopodioides, a procumbent winter-annual locally common near the coast in England and Wales.

bird's-foot fenugreek n. now somewhat rare a clover with pale green leaves, white or pale pink papilionaceous flowers, and straight seed pods, Trifolium ornithopodioides; = bird's-foot clover n. (b). [Compare scientific Latin ornithopodioides , the specific epithet of this plant (S. F. Gray 1821: see quot. 1821).]

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1821 S. F. Gray Nat. Arrangem. Brit. Plants II. 606 Trigonella ornithopodioides. Bird's-foot fenugreek-trefoil.]

1853 Naturalist 3 249 Here also is Trigonella ornithopodioides, (Bird's-foot Fenugreek,) a rare plant, with bunches of pods like birds' feet.

1997 C. N. Page Ferns of Brit. & Ireland (ed. 2) 427/2 A fuller list of species recorded in Guernsey is given by Ryan, who adds especially Chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile), Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis), various Trefoils including Birdsfoot Fenugreek (Trifolium ornithopodioides) [etc.]

† bird's-foot lote n. Obsolete rare a leguminous plant of the genus Lotus (cf. bird's-foot lotus n.); a bird's-foot trefoil.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > lotus or bird's-foot trefoil

lote1548

ground honeysuckle1592

bird's-foot trefoil1650

bird's-foot lote1714

lotus1731

winged pea1739

bird's-foot trefoil1760

bloom-fell1799

fingers and thumbs1815

bird's-foot lotus1832

devil's claw1833

five-finger1845

lady's slipper1852

1714 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 208 These Pods are lightly joynted like the Birds foot Lote.

bird's-foot lotus n. now rare any of the leguminous plants of (or formerly included in) the genus Lotus, esp. L. corniculatus; = bird's-foot trefoil n.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > lotus or bird's-foot trefoil

lote1548

ground honeysuckle1592

bird's-foot trefoil1650

bird's-foot lote1714

lotus1731

winged pea1739

bird's-foot trefoil1760

bloom-fell1799

fingers and thumbs1815

bird's-foot lotus1832

devil's claw1833

five-finger1845

lady's slipper1852

1832 G. Don Gen. Syst. Gardening & Bot. II. 196/1 L[otus]-flexuosus... Flexuous-stemmed Bird's-foot Lotus.

1885 R. Jefferies Open Air 40 The bird's foot lotus is the picture to me of sunshine and summer.

2012 M. Acker Gardens Aflame 56 Seaside birds-foot lotus occurs in only five locations across the country.

bird's-foot trefoil n. any plant of the genus Lotus, the members of are perennial or annual leguminous plants with leaves which appear to be trifoliate but actually have five leaflets, heads of mainly yellow papilionaceous flowers, and long thin seed pods; esp. (more fully common bird's-foot trefoil) L. corniculatus, which has deep yellow flowers tinged with red and orange, and is cultivated as a forage plant.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > lotus or bird's-foot trefoil

lote1548

ground honeysuckle1592

bird's-foot trefoil1650

bird's-foot lote1714

lotus1731

winged pea1739

bird's-foot trefoil1760

bloom-fell1799

fingers and thumbs1815

bird's-foot lotus1832

devil's claw1833

five-finger1845

lady's slipper1852

1650 W. How Phytologia Britannica 123 Trifolium corniculatum majus hirsutum,..Great codded Trefoile, hairy Birds-foot Trefoile.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxv. 370 The wild species [sc. Lotus corniculatus] is called common Bird's-foot Trefoil.

1833 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 1 29 Lotus decumbens, Spreading Bird's-foot Trefoil.

1946 A. Nelson Princ. Agric. Bot. vi. 135 There are a number of bird's-foot trefoils, only two of which are commonly sown.

2010 Guardian 23 June 39/5 In shorter grasses grows the stunning bird's foot trefoil, its clusters of yolk-coloured flowers sometimes splashed with red.

bird's-foot violet n. a violet native to North America, Viola pedata, having pale bluish-purple flowers and leaves thought to resemble the foot of a bird.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > pea flowers > violet and allied flowers > allied flowers

pansyc1450

heartsease1530

pansy flower1530

three (also two) faces under (or in) a (or one) hood1548

bulbous violet1578

love-in-idleness1578

sweet violet1578

pensea1592

cull-me-to-you1597

dog's tooth violet1597

dog violet1597

kiss-me-ere-I-rise1597

live in idleness1597

wild violet1597

yellow violet1597

love-and-idle1630

love-in-idle1664

trinity1699

fancy1712

wood violet1713

marsh violet1753

tree violet1753

kiss-me-at-the-gate1787

bird's-foot violet1802

Parma violet1812

Johnny-jump-up1827

stepmother1828

Neapolitan violet1830

garden gate1842

butterfly pea1848

kissa1852

pinkany-John1854

viola1871

kiss-me1877

pink-eyed John1877

face and hood1886

roosterhead1894

trout-lily1909

1802 A. F. M. Willich Domest. Encycl. III. 396/2 Viola pedata; Bird's-foot Violet.

1882 Garden 29 Apr. 286/2 The Bird's-foot Violet [is] one of the sweetest flowers we have seen.

2018 M. Richardson Native Plants New Eng. Gardens 93 Though small in stature, bird's foot violet packs a visual punch of both color and texture.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	birds-foot
释义	bird's-footn.adj. Brit. /ˈbəːdzfʊt/, U.S. /ˈbərdzˌfʊt/ Forms: α. 1500s birdes-foote, 1600s birds-feete (plural), 1600s birds-foote, 1600s– birds-foot, 1700s– bird's-foot, 1800s birds'-foot. β. 1800s– bird-foot. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bird n., foot n. Etymology: Partly (in α. forms) < the genitive singular or genitive plural of bird n. + foot n.; partly (in β. forms) < bird n. + foot n.Originally (in sense A. 1) after early modern Dutch voghelvoet (1554 in Dodoens as voghelvoet, or earlier); compare post-classical Latin ornithopodium (1557 in a French translation of Dodoens, or earlier), ornithopodion (1552 in a Latin work by Dodoens, or earlier), and scientific Latin Ornithopus (1748, as an alteration of ornithopodium). Compare also Middle French pied d'oyseau, Middle French, French pied d'oiseau (1557 in a French translation of Dodoens, or earlier). A. n. 1. Originally: any of various small leguminous plants typically having pinnate leaves, papilionaceous flowers, and a cluster of seed pods thought to resemble the foot of a bird. In later use: spec. any plant of (or formerly included in) the genus Ornithopus, esp. O. perpusillus, which has pinkish-white flowers, and (in full orange bird's-foot) O. pinnatus, which has red-veined yellow flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > names applied to various plants > [noun] heatha700 beeworteOE leversc725 springworteOE clotec1000 halswortc1000 sengreenc1000 bottle?a1200 bird's-tonguea1300 bloodworta1300 faverolea1300 vetchc1300 pimpernel1378 oniona1398 bird's nest?a1425 adder's grassc1450 cockheada1500 ambrosia1525 fleawort1548 son before the father1552 crow-toe1562 basil1578 bird's-foot1578 bloodroot1578 throatwort1578 phalangium1608 yew1653 chalcedon1664 dittany1676 bleeding heart1691 felon-wort1706 hedgehog1712 land caltrops1727 old man's beard1731 loosestrife1760 Solomon's seal1760 fireweed1764 desert rose1792 star of Bethlehem1793 hen and chickens1794 Aaron's beard1820 felon-grass1824 arrowroot1835 snake-root1856 firebush1858 tick-seed1860 bird's eye1863 burning bush1866 rat-tail1871 lamb's earsa1876 lamb's tongue plant1882 tar-weed1884 Tom Thumb1886 parrotbeak1890 stinkweed1932 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > other leguminous plants peaseOE vetchc1400 hatchet vetch1548 mock liquorice1548 scorpion's tail1548 ax-fitch1562 ax-seed1562 axwort1562 treacle clover1562 lady's finger1575 bird's-foot1578 goat's rue1578 horseshoe1578 caterpillar1597 kidney-vetch1597 horseshoe-vetch1640 goat rue1657 kidney-fetch1671 galega1685 stanch1726 scorpion senna1731 Dolichos1753 Sophora1753 partridge pea1787 bauhinia1790 coronilla1793 swamp pea-tree1796 Mysore thorn1814 devil's shoestring1817 pencil flower1817 rattlebox1817 Canavalia1828 milk plant1830 joint-vetch1836 milk pea1843 prairie clover1857 oxytrope1858 rattleweed1864 wart-herb1864 snail-flower1866 poison pea1884 masu1900 money bush1924 Townsville stylo1970 orange bird's-foot2007 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. xxix. 486 Birdes foote is lyke to..the wilde Vetche, but far smaller. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum xi. xxiii. 1092 There are two or three sorts of small herbes called Birds foote. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum xi. xxxiii. 1093 The Birds feete have a little drying and binding qualitie in them, and are therefore good to be used in wound drinkes. ?1768–9 Encycl. Brit. (1771) I. 623/2 The lathyrus and vicia, which comprehend a number of plants of the vetch-kind; the ornithopus, or bird's-foot. 1842 C. W. Johnson Farmer's Encycl. 201/2 The species of bird's foot are curious on account of their jointed pods, but not worth culture as plants of ornament. 1859 C. M. Yonge Hist. Sir Thomas Thumb xiv. 91 There the scented thyme..the glowing bird's-foot, and the tufted milk-wort grow. 1971 R. S. R. Fitter Finding Wild Flowers 143 The assorted group with few flowers in the head consists of three medicks, one trefoil, two birdsfoot trefoils and two birdsfoots. 2007 D. Chapman Wild about Cornwall 108/2 Here on St Martin's we have the fiery yellow bird's-foot trefoil, purple heather, lemon yellow of the lady's bedstraw, orange bird's-foot. †2. A tropical American fern, Adiantopsis radiata (family Pteridaceae), which has a cluster of five or more radiating fronds. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1865 P. H. Gosse Land & Sea 351 Among Ferns of humbler pretensions, the pretty little Bird-foot, Cheilanthes radiata, spreads its maidenhair-like pinnæ in the form of five-rayed stars. B. adj. †1. Designating a starfish having a flattened, reddish body and five short, webbed arms, Anseropoda placenta (family Asterinidae), found in northwestern Atlantic and Mediterranean waters; esp. in bird's-foot starfish. Obsolete.Now called goose-foot starfish. ΚΠ 1841 E. Forbes Hist. Brit. Starfishes 117 The Bird's-foot starfish is a very singular species. It is the thinnest and flattest of all its class. 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands ii. ix. 237 The cribella, the sun-stars..and the birds' foot sea-star (palmipes), are all represented. 1887 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. (ed. 7) xviii. 235 Other groups with two-rowed tube-feet are the Oreastridæ and the Asterinidæ, the last comprising the well-known Cushion-stars..and the Birds'-foot Stars. 1922 S. N. Sedgwick Brit. Nature Bk. xii. 316 The Bird's-foot Starfish..has its rays joined together by a membrane, much like the toes of a duck's foot. 2. Physical Geography. Designating a (type of) river delta which protrudes outwards into the sea and is made up of many sediment-bordered channels which resemble the outstretched toes of a bird’s foot. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > land near river > [noun] > delta > type of bird's-foot1912 1912 Geogr. Jrnl. 39 614 The ‘bird-foot’ form of the delta, and the absence of subsidiary interlacing channels, are the outcome of the formation and destruction of the mud-lumps as the river progressed. 1944 A. Holmes Princ. Physical Geol. x. 171 The Mississippi..extends its mouths seaward by way of deep channels..which are outstretched like fingers. This part of its delta is the chief example of the bird's foot type. 1982 P. K. Link Basic Petroleum Geol. iv. 60/2 Where stream or river sediments are confined to several delta channels, a birdfoot delta is built out into the sea, provided that ocean waves and currents do not redistribute the sediments. 2018 J. A. DiPietro in Geol. & Landscape Evol. (ed. 2) xiii. 204/2 The current birds-foot delta has been building for only 400 to 500 years. Compounds bird's-foot clover n. (a) a leguminous plant of the genus Lotus, esp. L. corniculatus (= bird's-foot trefoil n.) (now rare); (b) a clover with light green leaves, white or pale pink papilionaceous flowers, and straight seed pods, Trifolium ornithopodioides (also called bird's foot fenugreek). ΚΠ 1799 J. Hull Brit. Flora i. 166 Bird's-foot Clover. ?1880 J. G. Wood & T. Wood Field Naturalist's Handbk. 87 Bird's-foot Clover, or Fenugreek. Trigonella ornithopodioides. 1952 E. Salisbury Downs & Dunes 252 Trigonella ornithopedioides... Bird's-foot clover. 2020 P. J. Jarvis Pelagic Dict. Nat. Hist. Brit. Isles (e-book ed.) Bird's-foot clover T. ornithopodioides, a procumbent winter-annual locally common near the coast in England and Wales. bird's-foot fenugreek n. now somewhat rare a clover with pale green leaves, white or pale pink papilionaceous flowers, and straight seed pods, Trifolium ornithopodioides; = bird's-foot clover n. (b). [Compare scientific Latin ornithopodioides , the specific epithet of this plant (S. F. Gray 1821: see quot. 1821).] ΚΠ 1821 S. F. Gray Nat. Arrangem. Brit. Plants II. 606 Trigonella ornithopodioides. Bird's-foot fenugreek-trefoil.] 1853 Naturalist 3 249 Here also is Trigonella ornithopodioides, (Bird's-foot Fenugreek,) a rare plant, with bunches of pods like birds' feet. 1997 C. N. Page Ferns of Brit. & Ireland (ed. 2) 427/2 A fuller list of species recorded in Guernsey is given by Ryan, who adds especially Chamomile (Chamaemelum nobile), Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis), various Trefoils including Birdsfoot Fenugreek (Trifolium ornithopodioides) [etc.] † bird's-foot lote n. Obsolete rare a leguminous plant of the genus Lotus (cf. bird's-foot lotus n.); a bird's-foot trefoil. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > lotus or bird's-foot trefoil lote1548 ground honeysuckle1592 bird's-foot trefoil1650 bird's-foot lote1714 lotus1731 winged pea1739 bird's-foot trefoil1760 bloom-fell1799 fingers and thumbs1815 bird's-foot lotus1832 devil's claw1833 five-finger1845 lady's slipper1852 1714 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 208 These Pods are lightly joynted like the Birds foot Lote. bird's-foot lotus n. now rare any of the leguminous plants of (or formerly included in) the genus Lotus, esp. L. corniculatus; = bird's-foot trefoil n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > lotus or bird's-foot trefoil lote1548 ground honeysuckle1592 bird's-foot trefoil1650 bird's-foot lote1714 lotus1731 winged pea1739 bird's-foot trefoil1760 bloom-fell1799 fingers and thumbs1815 bird's-foot lotus1832 devil's claw1833 five-finger1845 lady's slipper1852 1832 G. Don Gen. Syst. Gardening & Bot. II. 196/1 L[otus]-flexuosus... Flexuous-stemmed Bird's-foot Lotus. 1885 R. Jefferies Open Air 40 The bird's foot lotus is the picture to me of sunshine and summer. 2012 M. Acker Gardens Aflame 56 Seaside birds-foot lotus occurs in only five locations across the country. bird's-foot trefoil n. any plant of the genus Lotus, the members of are perennial or annual leguminous plants with leaves which appear to be trifoliate but actually have five leaflets, heads of mainly yellow papilionaceous flowers, and long thin seed pods; esp. (more fully common bird's-foot trefoil) L. corniculatus, which has deep yellow flowers tinged with red and orange, and is cultivated as a forage plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > lotus or bird's-foot trefoil lote1548 ground honeysuckle1592 bird's-foot trefoil1650 bird's-foot lote1714 lotus1731 winged pea1739 bird's-foot trefoil1760 bloom-fell1799 fingers and thumbs1815 bird's-foot lotus1832 devil's claw1833 five-finger1845 lady's slipper1852 1650 W. How Phytologia Britannica 123 Trifolium corniculatum majus hirsutum,..Great codded Trefoile, hairy Birds-foot Trefoile. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxv. 370 The wild species [sc. Lotus corniculatus] is called common Bird's-foot Trefoil. 1833 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 1 29 Lotus decumbens, Spreading Bird's-foot Trefoil. 1946 A. Nelson Princ. Agric. Bot. vi. 135 There are a number of bird's-foot trefoils, only two of which are commonly sown. 2010 Guardian 23 June 39/5 In shorter grasses grows the stunning bird's foot trefoil, its clusters of yolk-coloured flowers sometimes splashed with red. bird's-foot violet n. a violet native to North America, Viola pedata, having pale bluish-purple flowers and leaves thought to resemble the foot of a bird. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > pea flowers > violet and allied flowers > allied flowers pansyc1450 heartsease1530 pansy flower1530 three (also two) faces under (or in) a (or one) hood1548 bulbous violet1578 love-in-idleness1578 sweet violet1578 pensea1592 cull-me-to-you1597 dog's tooth violet1597 dog violet1597 kiss-me-ere-I-rise1597 live in idleness1597 wild violet1597 yellow violet1597 love-and-idle1630 love-in-idle1664 trinity1699 fancy1712 wood violet1713 marsh violet1753 tree violet1753 kiss-me-at-the-gate1787 bird's-foot violet1802 Parma violet1812 Johnny-jump-up1827 stepmother1828 Neapolitan violet1830 garden gate1842 butterfly pea1848 kissa1852 pinkany-John1854 viola1871 kiss-me1877 pink-eyed John1877 face and hood1886 roosterhead1894 trout-lily1909 1802 A. F. M. Willich Domest. Encycl. III. 396/2 Viola pedata; Bird's-foot Violet. 1882 Garden 29 Apr. 286/2 The Bird's-foot Violet [is] one of the sweetest flowers we have seen. 2018 M. Richardson Native Plants New Eng. Gardens 93 Though small in stature, bird's foot violet packs a visual punch of both color and texture. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.adj.1578
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