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vetch |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vetch \Vetch\, n. [Also fitch; OE ficche, feche, for veche, OF veche, vecce, vesche vesce, F. vesce, fr L. vicia.] (Bot.) Any leguminous plant of the genus {Vicia}, some species of which are valuable for fodder. The common species is {V. sativa}. Note: The name is also applied to many other leguminous plants of different genera; as the chichling vetch, of the genus {Lathyrus}; the horse vetch, of the genus {Hippocrepis}; the kidney vetch ({Anthyllis vulneraria}); the milk vetch, of the genus {Astragalus}; the licorice vetch, or wild licorice ({Abrus precatorius}). From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vetch n : 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
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