| 单词 | common bird's-foot trefoil |
| 释义 | > as lemmascommon bird's-foot trefoil 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. < as lemmas |
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