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vetch  (vch)

n.

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

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[Middle English vetche, from Old North French veche, from Latin vicia; see weik-² in Indo-European roots.]

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vetch [vɛtʃ]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various similar and related plants, such as Lathyrus sativus, cultivated in parts of Europe, and the kidney vetch

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the beanlike fruit of any of these plants

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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

vetch [vetʃ] N → arveja f (planta)

vetch

n → Wicke f