bird's-foot trefoil

American  

[burdz-foot] / ˈbɜrdzˌfʊt /

noun

1. a plant, Lotus corniculatus, of the legume family, the pods of which spread like a crow's foot, grown for forage.

2. any similar plant of the same genus.

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bird's-foot trefoil British  

noun

1. Also called: bacon-and-eggs.  any of various creeping leguminous Eurasian plants of the genus Lotus , esp L. corniculatus , with red-tipped yellow flowers and seed pods resembling the claws of a bird

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Etymology

Origin of bird's-foot trefoil

First recorded in 1825–35