goatsfoot

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noun

The flowering plant Passiflora sexflora.

Similar
goat's footOxalis caprina
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Meanings

noungoatsfoot (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe flowering plant Passiflora sexflora.
  2. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of goat's foot.

    A simple hunting crossbow, cocked by hand or a goatsfoot cocking lever, shooting a light arrow or quarrel no longer than a person's forearm, was about half again as accurate on individual targets as was a longbow.

    2001, Charley F. Eckhardt, Texas Smoke: Muzzle-loaders on the Frontier, Texas Tech University Press, →ISBN, page 5

Synonyms & antonyms

nounshort-stemmed South African plant with bluish flowers

Similar
goat's footOxalis caprina
Broader
oxalissorrelwood sorrel
Also see
goat's foot

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From goat + -s- + foot.

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Cite this entry
APA

goatsfoot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goatsfoot

MLA

“goatsfoot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goatsfoot. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “goatsfoot,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goatsfoot.

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