A plant, particularly a type of cranesbill or geranium, with leaves that supposedly resemble a dove's foot.
Compound of 'dove' and 'foot,' referring to the distinctive shape of the plant's leaves. Common dovefoot is Geranium molle, a widespread herbaceous plant with rounded, lobed leaves.
When botanists named plants, they really let their imaginations work—if you look at a dovefoot plant's leaves closely, they do kind of look like three-toed bird feet spreading out!
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