'Ornithopus' definitions:
Definition of 'Ornithopus'
From: GCIDE
- Bird's-foot \Bird's"-foot`\, n. (Bot.) A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point. [1913 Webster]
- Bird's-foot trefoil. (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants (Lotus) with clawlike pods. {Lotus corniculatas}, with yellow flowers, is very common in Great Britain. (b) the related plant, Trigonella ornithopodioides, is also European. [1913 Webster]