Any of a number of plants that have yellow flowers with orange, red, or brown markings, supposedly suggestive of eggs and bacon.
a shrubby Australian bush plant (Bossiaea and other genera, family Leguminosae).
bird's-foot trefoil.
Example sentencesExamples
- Known by a huge variety of country names (Tom Thumb and Eggs and Bacon being perhaps the most common) this plant is worth its weight in gold.
- This is a South Australian plant with a low spreading habit with 'eggs and bacon' flowers in spring.