crow's-foot

Example Sentences

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Annabeth ran her hand along some marks on the ground - a jagged crow’s-foot shape as long as a human body.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

But saddest to see was between two bars, where a fog was of rushes, and flood wood, and wild celery, and dead crow's-foot.

From School Reading by Grades Sixth Year by Baldwin, James

There is the crow's-foot violet, which grows in dry places and is a deep purple; also a little purple violet whose name I do not know.

From Harper's Round Table, June 25, 1895 by Various

There was holly and crow's-foot up in the hills, and David and Anne hitched big Ben to a cart and went after it.

From Mistress Anne by Wilson, F. Vaux (Francis Vaux)

On the cricket pitch, a bare hundred yards away from the river bank, is a plentiful crop of dandelions, crow's-foot, clover, and, worst of all, enormous plantains.

From A Cotswold Village by Gibbs, J. Arthur