vetch
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English vecche, fecche, ficche, from Old Northern French veche, variant of Old French vece, from Latin vicia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛtʃ/
- Rhymes: -ɛtʃ
Noun
vetch (plural vetches)
- any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds
- any of several similar plants within the subfamily Faboideae
Synonyms
- tare (rare)
Hyponyms
- (Vicia): garden vetch, common vetch, narrow-leaved vetch (Vicia sativa); American vetch, purple vetch, mat vetch (Vicia americana); bitter vetch, blister vetch (Vicia ervilia); tufted vetch (Vicia cracca); bard vetch (Vicia articulata); Bithynian vetch (Vicia bithynica); Carolina wood vetch (Vicia caroliniana); fodder vetch, hairy vetch, winter vetch (Vicia villosa); bard vetch (Vicia articulata); French vetch (Vicia serratifolia); Hungarian vetch (Vicia pannonica); Kashubian vetch (Vicia cassubica); spring vetch (Vicia lathyroides); yellow vetch (Vicia lutea); Hawaiian vetch (Vicia menziesii); pygmyflower vetch (Vicia minutiflora); single-flowered vetch (Vicia monantha); black vetch, giant vetch (Vicia nigricans); upright vetch, wood bitter-vetch (Vicia orobus); slender vetch (Vicia parviflora); pea-flowered vetch (Vicia pisiformis); bush vetch (Vicia sepium); wood vetch (Vicia sylvatica); fine-leaved vetch (Vicia tenuifolia); smooth vetch (Vicia tetrasperma)
Derived terms
Translations
plant of the genus Vicia
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