Crowfoot

n.	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.
	4.	(Well Boring) A tool with a side claw for recovering broken rods, etc.

Noun

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crowfoot - any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus Synonyms: butter-flower, buttercup, butterflower, goldcup, kingcup

butter-flower, buttercup, butterflower, celery-leaved buttercup, common buttercup, creeping buttercup, creeping crowfoot, cursed crowfoot, genus Ranunculus, goldcup, herb, herbaceous plant, kingcup, meadow buttercup, Mount Cook lily, mountain lily, Ranunculus, Ranunculus acris, Ranunculus bulbosus, Ranunculus lyalii, Ranunculus occidentalis, Ranunculus repens, Ranunculus sceleratus, tall buttercup, tall crowfoot, tall field buttercup, western buttercup