BIRD'S-FOOT TREFOIL

Meaning of BIRD'S-FOOT TREFOIL in English

/berrdz"foot'/

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.

[ 1825-35 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

BIRD'S-FOOT TREFOIL — noun Date: 1833 a yellow-flowered European herb ( Lotus corniculatus ) of the legume family that has claw-shaped pods and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BIRD'S-FOOT TREFOIL — Perennial, spreading, herbaceous legume ( Lotus corniculatus ) native to Europe and Asia but introduced to other regions. The stem …
Английский словарь Британика
BIRD'S-FOOT TREFOIL — noun 1. : a plant of the genus Lotus: as a. : a European plant ( L. corniculatus ) having …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIRD'S-FOOT TREFOIL — noun Date: 1833 : a yellow-flowered European herb ( Lotus corniculatus ) of the legume family that has claw-shaped pods …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BIRD'S-FOOT TREFOIL — Pronunciation: ' b ə rdz- ˌ fu ̇ t- Function: noun Date: 1833 : a yellow-flowered European herb ( Lotus …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BIRD'S-FOOT TREFOIL — ■ noun a small leguminous plant which has three-lobed leaves, yellow flowers streaked with red, and triple pods that resemble …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BIRD'S-FOOT TREFOIL — [bird's-foot trefoil] n (1833): a European legume (Lotus corniculatus) having claw-shaped pods and widely used esp. in the U.S. as …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BIRD'S-FOOT TREFOIL — (Lotus corniculatus), perennial, spreading herbaceous plant, of the pea family (Fabaceae), native to Europe and Asia but introduced to other …
Britannica English vocabulary
BIRD'S-FOOT TREFOIL — Perennial, spreading, herbaceous legume ( Lotus corniculatus ) native to Europe and Asia but introduced to other regions. The stem …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TREFOIL — trifolie
English interlingue dictionary
TREFOIL — noun see: blade Date: 15th century 1. clover 1, a trifoliolate leaf, an ornament or symbol in the form of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FOOT — I End part of the leg , consisting of the heel, arch, and toes, on which a person stands. Its …
Английский словарь Британика
BIRD — I Any of the warm-blooded, beaked A covering of feather s distinguishes birds from all other animals. Birds have a …
Английский словарь Британика
TREFOIL — I. ˈtrēˌfȯil, ˈtreˌ- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French trefeuil, trefeul, from Latin trifolium, from tri- …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOOT — I. ˈfu̇t, usu -u̇d.+V noun ( plural feet ˈfēt usu -ēd.+V ; also foot ; see numbered senses ) Usage: …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIRD
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TREFOIL — (n.) A charge representing the clover leaf.
Английский словарь Webster
TREFOIL — (n.) An ornamental foliation consisting of three divisions, or foils.
Английский словарь Webster
TREFOIL — (n.) Any plant of the genus Trifolium, which includes the white clover, red clover, etc.; -- less properly, applied also …
Английский словарь Webster
TREFOIL — ( n. ) Any plant of the genus Trifolium, which includes the white clover, red clover, etc.; -- less properly, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TREFOIL — ( n. ) An ornamental foliation consisting of three divisions, or foils.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TREFOIL — ( n. ) A charge representing the clover leaf.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TREFOIL — /tree"foyl, tref"oyl/ , n. 1. any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having usually …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FOOT — /foot/ , n. , pl. feet for 1-4, 8-11, 16, 19, 21; foots for 20; v. n. 1. (in vertebrates) …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BIRD
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TREFOIL — n. plant having leaves with three leaflets, clover
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FOOT — I. ˈfu̇t noun ( plural feet ˈfēt ; also foot ) Etymology: Middle English fot, from Old English fōt; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TREFOIL — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin trifolium, from tri- + folium leaf — more at blade Date: 15th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TREFOIL — noun a charge representing the clover leaf. 2. trefoil ·noun an ornamental foliation consisting of three divisions, or foils. 3. …
Webster English vocab
FOOT — noun the lower edge of a sail. 2. foot ·vt the size or strike with the talon. 3. foot ·vt …
Webster English vocab
BIRD — noun fig.: a girl; a maiden. 2. bird ·vi to catch or shoot birds. 3. bird ·noun specifically, among sportsmen, …
Webster English vocab
TREFOIL — [ 'trɛfɔɪl , 'tri:fɔɪl ] ■ noun 1》 a small plant with yellow flowers and three-lobed clover-like leaves. [Genera Trifolium …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TREFOIL — [tre.foil] n [ME, fr. MF trefeuil, fr. L trifolium, fr. tri- + folium leaf--more at blade] (15c) 1 a: clover; …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FOOT — [foot] n, pl feet also foot [ME fot, fr. OE fot; akin to OHG fuot foot, L ped-, pes, Gk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BIRD — [bird] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE bridd] (bef. 12c) 1 archaic: the young of a feathered vertebrate 2: any …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FOOT — plural feet in anatomy, terminal part of the leg of a land vertebrate, on which the creature stands. In most …
Britannica English vocabulary
BIRD — warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, unique in having feathers and forelimbs modified into wings. The dispersal of birds is …
Britannica English vocabulary
TREFOIL — trefoil BrE AmE ˈtref ɔɪ ə l ˈtriː fɔɪ ə l ▷ trefoil|ed d ▷ trefoil|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BIRD — bird, Bird BrE AmE bɜːd AmE bɝːd ▷ birding ˈbɜːd ɪŋ AmE ˈbɝːd ɪŋ ▷ birds bɜːdz AmE \ bɝːdz …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TREFOIL — / ˈtrefɔɪl; NAmE ; ˈtri:fɔɪl/ noun 1. ( technical ) a plant whose leaves are divided into three similar parts, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOOT — / fʊt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun ( pl. feet / fiːt; NAmE /) PART OF BODY 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BIRD — / bɜːd; NAmE bɜːrd/ noun 1. a creature that is covered with feathers and has two wings and two legs. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TREFOIL — tre ‧ foil /ˈtriːfɔɪl, ˈtrefɔɪl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] technical [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: trefeuil …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOOT — I. foot 1 S1 W1 /fʊt/ BrE AmE noun ( plural feet /fiːt/) [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BIRD
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TREFOIL — n. & adj. --n. 1 any leguminous plant of the genus Trifolium, with leaves of three leaflets and flowers of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FOOT — n. & v. --n. (pl. feet) 1 a the lower extremity of the leg below the ankle. b the part …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BIRD — n. 1 a feathered vertebrate with a beak, with two wings and two feet, egg-laying and usu. able to fly. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TREFOIL — n. & adj. n. 1 any leguminous plant of the genus Trifolium, with leaves of three leaflets and flowers of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FOOT — n. & v. n. (pl. feet) 1 a the lower extremity of the leg below the ankle. b the part …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BIRD — n. 1 a feathered vertebrate with a beak, with two wings and two feet, egg-laying and usu. able to fly. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TREFOIL — n. & adj. --n. 1. any leguminous plant of the genus Trifolium, with leaves of three leaflets and flowers of …
Oxford English vocab
FOOT — n. & v. --n. (pl. feet) 1. a the lower extremity of the leg below the ankle. b the part …
Oxford English vocab
BIRD — n.1 a feathered vertebrate with a beak, with two wings and two feet, egg-laying and usu. able to fly. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
FOOT — ( feet) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Your feet are the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TREFOIL — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Bees hummed steadily through the yellow bird's foot trefoil that wove itself in a tangled …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BIRD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird's/eagle's/crow's etc nest ▪ an abandoned bird's nest bird dog bird flu bird of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BIRD — (PERSON) [noun] [C] - (informal) a person of the type stated, or (UK and ANZ slang) a (young) woman(informal) He's …
Cambridge English vocab
BIRD — n. elephant bird bird of prey bird stone bird's foot trefoil Bird Larry Joe bird of paradise bird watching frigate …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TREFOIL — Synonyms and related words : clover, deuce-ace, leash, set of three, shamrock, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, tierce, trey, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BIRD
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FOOT — See: AT ONE'S FEET, COLD FEET, DEAD ON ONE'S FEET, DRAG ONE'S FEET, FROM HEAD TO FOOT, GET OFF ON …
Slang English vocab

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