bird's foot trefoil

1. 1.

   Old World herb related to fenugreek

   SynonymsTrigonella ornithopodioides

   Broaderherb

   Part ofTrigonella
2. 2.

   European forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in America

   Synonymsbird's foot cloverbabies' slippersbacon and eggsLotus corniculatus

   Broadersubshrub

   Part ofLotus

Questions about bird's foot trefoil

What does bird's foot trefoil mean?

bird's foot trefoil means "Old World herb related to fenugreek". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for bird's foot trefoil?

Close synonyms include Trigonella ornithopodioides, bird's foot clover, babies' slippers, bacon and eggs, Lotus corniculatus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bird's foot trefoil a common word?

bird's foot trefoil is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.