harefoot
English
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Harefoot (Trifolium arvense)
Alternative forms
- hare foot hare's foot, hare's-foot
Etymology
From Middle English hare-fot, equivalent to hare + foot. Compare Old English haran-hiġe (“hare's-foot (plant)”).
Noun
harefoot (plural harefeet)
- A long, narrow foot, carried (that is, produced or extending) forward, as in dogs.
- (botany) A flowering plant (Trifolium arvense) in the bean family Fabaceae
Translations
Trifolium arvense
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for harefoot in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)