| 单词 | orange bird's-foot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasorange bird's-foot 1. Originally: any of various small leguminous plants typically having pinnate leaves, papilionaceous flowers, and a cluster of seed pods thought to resemble the foot of a bird. In later use: spec. any plant of (or formerly included in) the genus Ornithopus, esp. O. perpusillus, which has pinkish-white flowers, and (in full orange bird's-foot) O. pinnatus, which has red-veined yellow flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > names applied to various plants > [noun] heatha700 beeworteOE leversc725 springworteOE clotec1000 halswortc1000 sengreenc1000 bottle?a1200 bird's-tonguea1300 bloodworta1300 faverolea1300 vetchc1300 pimpernel1378 oniona1398 bird's nest?a1425 adder's grassc1450 cockheada1500 ambrosia1525 fleawort1548 son before the father1552 crow-toe1562 basil1578 bird's-foot1578 bloodroot1578 throatwort1578 phalangium1608 yew1653 chalcedon1664 dittany1676 bleeding heart1691 felon-wort1706 hedgehog1712 land caltrops1727 old man's beard1731 loosestrife1760 Solomon's seal1760 fireweed1764 desert rose1792 star of Bethlehem1793 hen and chickens1794 Aaron's beard1820 felon-grass1824 arrowroot1835 snake-root1856 firebush1858 tick-seed1860 bird's eye1863 burning bush1866 rat-tail1871 lamb's earsa1876 lamb's tongue plant1882 tar-weed1884 Tom Thumb1886 parrotbeak1890 stinkweed1932 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > other leguminous plants peaseOE vetchc1400 hatchet vetch1548 mock liquorice1548 scorpion's tail1548 ax-fitch1562 ax-seed1562 axwort1562 treacle clover1562 lady's finger1575 bird's-foot1578 goat's rue1578 horseshoe1578 caterpillar1597 kidney-vetch1597 horseshoe-vetch1640 goat rue1657 kidney-fetch1671 galega1685 stanch1726 scorpion senna1731 Dolichos1753 Sophora1753 partridge pea1787 bauhinia1790 coronilla1793 swamp pea-tree1796 Mysore thorn1814 devil's shoestring1817 pencil flower1817 rattlebox1817 Canavalia1828 milk plant1830 joint-vetch1836 milk pea1843 prairie clover1857 oxytrope1858 rattleweed1864 wart-herb1864 snail-flower1866 poison pea1884 masu1900 money bush1924 Townsville stylo1970 orange bird's-foot2007 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. xxix. 486 Birdes foote is lyke to..the wilde Vetche, but far smaller. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum xi. xxiii. 1092 There are two or three sorts of small herbes called Birds foote. 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum xi. xxxiii. 1093 The Birds feete have a little drying and binding qualitie in them, and are therefore good to be used in wound drinkes. ?1768–9 Encycl. Brit. (1771) I. 623/2 The lathyrus and vicia, which comprehend a number of plants of the vetch-kind; the ornithopus, or bird's-foot. 1842 C. W. Johnson Farmer's Encycl. 201/2 The species of bird's foot are curious on account of their jointed pods, but not worth culture as plants of ornament. 1859 C. M. Yonge Hist. Sir Thomas Thumb xiv. 91 There the scented thyme..the glowing bird's-foot, and the tufted milk-wort grow. 1971 R. S. R. Fitter Finding Wild Flowers 143 The assorted group with few flowers in the head consists of three medicks, one trefoil, two birdsfoot trefoils and two birdsfoots. 2007 D. Chapman Wild about Cornwall 108/2 Here on St Martin's we have the fiery yellow bird's-foot trefoil, purple heather, lemon yellow of the lady's bedstraw, orange bird's-foot. < as lemmas |
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