crowtoe
English
Etymology
Noun
crowtoe (plural crowtoes)
- A perennial herbaceous plant, Lotus corniculatus, native to temperate Eurasia and North Africa.
- 1812, Samuel Egerton Brydges, Sir Egerton Brydges, Joseph Haslewood, The British Bibliographer, volume 2:
- With yelowish marygold , she the tender Crowtoe bedecketh
- (obsolete) An unidentified plant, probably the crowfoot.
- 1637, John Milton, Lycidas:
- The tufted Crow-toe.
Synonyms
- (Lotus corniculatus): bird's-foot trefoil, birdfoot deervetch
References
- Lotus corniculatus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Lotus corniculatus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Lotus corniculatus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- “crowtoe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.