trigonella ornithopodioides

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Trigonella ornithopodioides
    n 1: Old World herb related to fenugreek [syn: {bird's foot
         trefoil}, {Trigonella ornithopodioides}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]