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crowtoe

crowtoe noun: a perennial herbaceous plant, Lotus corniculatus, native to temperate Eurasia and North Africa.

crowtoe: a perennial herbaceous plant, Lotus corniculatus, native to temperate Eurasia and North Africa
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Noun

crowtoe (plural crowtoes)

  1. A perennial herbaceous plant, Lotus corniculatus, native to temperate Eurasia and North Africa.
    • With yelowish marygold , she the tender Crowtoe bedecketh1812, Samuel Egerton Brydges, Sir Egerton Brydges, Joseph Haslewood, The British Bibliographer, volume 2
    Synonyms:
    bird's-foot trefoil, birdfoot deervetch
  2. (obsolete) An unidentified plant, probably the crowfoot.
    • The tufted Crow-toe.1637, John Milton, Lycidas

Synonyms of crowtoe

Forms of crowtoe

pluralcrowtoes

Origin of crowtoe

From crow + toe.

Questions about crowtoe

What does crowtoe mean?
Crowtoe means a perennial herbaceous plant, Lotus corniculatus, native to temperate Eurasia and North Africa.
What part of speech is crowtoe?
Crowtoe is a noun.
What is the plural of crowtoe?
The plural of crowtoe is crowtoes.

Words near crowtoe in the dictionary

  1. Crowther
  2. Crowther Island
  3. Crowthers
  4. Crowthorne
  5. crowths
  6. crowtoe
  7. crowtoes
  8. Croxall
  9. Croxdale
  10. Croxdale and Hett
  11. Croxford

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