bird’s-foot trefoil

noun

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.

noun

1. any of various creeping leguminous Eurasian plants of the genus Lotus, esp L. corniculatus, with red-tipped yellow flowers and seed pods resembling the claws of a birdAlso called: bacon-and-eggs