vetch

(vĕch)

Any of various herbs of the genus Vicia of the pea family, having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small, variously colored flowers.

[Middle English vetche, from Old North French veche, from Latin vicia; see weik- in Indo-European roots.]

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vetch

(vɛtʃ)

1. (Plants) any of various climbing leguminous plants of the temperate genus Vicia, esp V. sativa, having pinnate leaves, typically blue or purple flowers, and tendrils on the stems

2. (Plants) any of various similar and related plants, such as Lathyrus sativus, cultivated in parts of Europe, and the kidney vetch

3. (Plants) the beanlike fruit of any of these plants

[C14: fecche, from Old French veche, from Latin vicia]

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vetch

(vɛtʃ)

n.

any of several climbing plants of the legume family, bearing pealike flowers, esp. Vicia sativa, cultivated for forage and soil improvement.

[1325–75; Middle English ve(c)che < Anglo-French; Old French vecce < Latin vicia]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

vetch - any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers; includes valuable forage and soil-building plants

legume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae

genus Vicia, Vicia - widely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often climbing herbs

tare - any of several weedy vetches grown for forage

bird vetch, Calnada pea, tufted vetch, Vicia cracca - common perennial climber of temperate regions of Eurasia and North America having dense elongate clusters of flowers

bitter betch, Vicia orobus - European perennial toxic vetch

spring vetch, Vicia sativa - herbaceous climbing plant valuable as fodder and for soil-building

bush vetch, Vicia sepium - European purple-flowered with slender stems; occurs as a weed in hedges

Translations

veccia

vetch

[vetʃ] N → arveja f (planta)

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vetch

n → Wicke f

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Although the beaks and feet of birds are generally quite clean, I can show that earth sometimes adheres to them: in one instance I removed twenty-two grains of dry argillaceous earth from one foot of a partridge, and in this earth there was a pebble quite as large as the seed of a vetch. Thus seeds might occasionally be transported to great distances; for many facts could be given showing that soil almost everywhere is charged with seeds.

Again, I can show that the carcasses of birds, when floating on the sea, sometimes escape being immediately devoured; and seeds of many kinds in the crops of floating birds long retain their vitality: peas and vetches, for instance, are killed by even a few days' immersion in sea-water; but some taken out of the crop of a pigeon, which had floated on artificial salt-water for 30 days, to my surprise nearly all germinated.

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He ordered the best hay with plenty of oats, crushed beans, and bran, with vetches, or rye grass, as the man might think needful.

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What superb crops of vetches we mowed then, for feeding, in due time, our lambs, our calves!

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Q Please you could advise me and my friends about the problem of vetch which seems to constantly plague our gardens.

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Hamilton Underwriting Ltd., the managing agency of Syndicate 3334 and the Lloyd's operations of Hamilton Insurance Group, announced that Robert Vetch has joined the agency as chief financial officer.

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The goalkeeper, who signed for Swansea in 2003, joined the Vetch Field club as cover for the injured Roger Freestone.

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After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Crops and Soil Science, Ernst seized on an opportunity to provide the legume crown vetch to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) for highway median vegetation and erosion control.

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Experiment was conducted under split plot arrangement having 3 main plots (Sole Rye, Rye with hairy vetch and rye with pea) and 4 sub-plots (0, 50, 100 and 150 kg N/ha).

Enhancing Forage Productivity and Organic Hanwoo Cattle Carrying Capacity through Growing Rye Legumes Mixed Fodder under Different Manure Levels

The most iconic visiting player to ever grace the Vetch? It just has to be George Best.

THE BEST PLAYER TO GRACE THE VETCH? IT'S BEST!

VETCH ME IF YOU Kidney vetch flower at "They partially attribute the occurrence of the species in relatively high numbers to the unusually warm weather - Northern Ireland has enjoyed its warmest spring since records began."

Big fuss after minimus makes an appearance; 'Extinct' butterfly found in grassland