The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ornithopus
Bird's-foot \Bird's"-foot`\, n. (Bot.) A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point. Bird's-foot trefoil. (Bot.)
A genus of plants ( Lotus) with clawlike pods. Lotus corniculatas, with yellow flowers, is very common in Great Britain.
the related plant, Trigonella ornithopodioides, is also European.
Wikipedia
Ornithopus
Ornithopus, the bird's-foots, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.
Selected species:
- Ornithopus compressus—yellow serradella
- Ornithopus micranthus
- Ornithopus perpusillus—little white bird's foot
- Ornithopus pinnatus—orange bird's foot
- Ornithopus sativus—serradella, common bird's foot