crowtoe

noun — 2 senses

crowtoe

noun

Etymology From crow + toe.

1

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

  • With yelowish marygold , she the tender Crowtoe bedecketh1812, Samuel Egerton Brydges, Sir Egerton Brydges, Joseph Haslewood, The British Bibliographer, volume 2:
2

Obsolete An unidentified plant, probably the crowfoot.

  • The tufted Crow-toe.1637, John Milton, Lycidas:
Synonyms
bird's-foot trefoil, birdfoot deervetch

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