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vetch
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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.

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

vetch
Noun
1. a climbing plant with blue or purple flowers
2. the beanlike fruit of the vetch, used as fodder [Latin vicia]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.vetchvetch - 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

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