crowfoot Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus
    kingcup; buttercup; butterflower; butter-flower; goldcup.

WordNet


Crow"foot` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The genus Ranunculus, of many species; some are common weeds, others are flowering plants of considerable beauty.
  2. (Naut.) A number of small cords rove through a long block, or euphroe, to suspend an awning by.
  3. (Mil.) A caltrop. Written also crow's-foot.
  4. (Well Boring) A tool with a side claw for recovering broken rods, etc. Raymond.

Webster 1913