Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of numerous plants of the genus Ranunculus that have palmately cleft or divided leaves.
- noun Any of several other plants having leaves or other parts somewhat resembling a bird's foot.
- noun An iron ball with four spikes arranged so that one always points upwards, used to delay the advance of mounted troops and infantry; a caltrop.
- noun Nautical A set of small lines passed through holes of a batten or fitting to help support the backbone of an awning.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The wind-flower, Anemone nemorosa.
- noun Nautical: A device consisting of small lines rove through a block of wood, fastened to the backbone of an awning, to keep it from sagging in the middle. A similar arrangement was formerly used to keep the foot-ropes of topsails from chafing against the top-rim.
- noun In a ship-of-war, an iron stand fixed at one end to a table and hooked at the other to a beam above, on which the mess-kids, etc., are hung.
- noun In botany, the name of the common species of Ranunculus or buttercup, having divided leaves and bright-yellow flowers. See
Ranunculus . - noun A caltrop.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The genus Ranunculus, of many species; some are common weeds, others are flowering plants of considerable beauty.
- noun (Naut.) A number of small cords rove through a long block, or euphroe, to suspend an awning by.
- noun (Mil.) A caltrop.
- noun (Well Boring) A tool with a side claw for recovering broken rods, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of many
plants , mostly of the genusRanunculus , that have aleaf shaped somewhat like a bird's foot; especially thebuttercups
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus
Etymologies
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Examples
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The zinc is, as a rule, of crowfoot form, as shown, whence this cell derives the commonly applied name of _crowfoot cell_.
Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. George Patterson 1910
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The seasonally flooded hollows are covered with sea clubrush Scirpus maritimus, bulrush Schoenoplectus lacustris, rushes Juncus sp. and crowfoot Ranunculus baudotii.
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Over 90% of the methane emissions from the river Frome in Dorset that reach the atmosphere do so via the stems of water crowfoot, Trimmer said.
So Called Healthy Chalk Streams Are Damaging The Environment�� Scientists 2008
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Quite common are northern bur-reed Sparganium hyperboreum, small pondweed Potamogeton pusillus ssp. groenlandicus, dwarf water-crowfoot Ranunculus confervoides and occasionally awlwort Subularia aquatica, which only blooms if the pond is totally desiccated (where the mudworm Limosella aquatica also thrives).
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Over 90% of the methane emissions from the river Frome in Dorset that reach the atmosphere do so via the stems of water crowfoot, Trimmer said.
So Called Healthy Chalk Streams Are Damaging The Environment�� Scientists 2008
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It was only a big dock: but you know the dragon-fly had never seen any but little water-trees; starwort, and milfoil, and water-crowfoot, and such like; so it did look very big to him.
The Water Babies 2007
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The man told Houdini the pages were 116 and 117 and that the first words on those pages were “crowfoot” and “ice.”
The Secret Life of Houdini William Kalush 2006
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The numbers “116” and “117” were marked on it, along with the words “crowfoot” and “ice.”
The Secret Life of Houdini William Kalush 2006
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The man told Houdini the pages were 116 and 117 and that the first words on those pages were “crowfoot” and “ice.”
The Secret Life of Houdini William Kalush 2006
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The numbers “116” and “117” were marked on it, along with the words “crowfoot” and “ice.”
The Secret Life of Houdini William Kalush 2006
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