1. European forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in America
   "Bird's foot trefoil spread its yellow flowers across the meadow";
   - bird's foot clover, babies' slippers, bacon and eggs, Lotus corniculatus
    
2. Old World herb related to fenugreek
   "Bird's foot trefoil spread across the meadow";
   - Trigonella ornithopodioides

Derived forms: bird's foot trefoils

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant, subshrub, suffrutex

Part of: genus Lotus, genus Trigonella, Lotus, Trigonella

Encyclopedia: Bird's foot trefoil