HyperDic: sweet_vetch

English > 1 sense of the expression *sweet vetch*:
NOUN	plant	sweet vetch, Hedysarum boreale	perennial of western United States having racemes of pink to purple flowers followed by flat pods that separate into nearly orbicular joints

English > *sweet vetch*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	perennial of western United States having racemes of pink to purple flowers followed by flat pods that separate into nearly orbicular joints.
Synonym	Hedysarum boreale
Member of	Hedysarum, genus Hedysarum	genus of herbs of north temperate regions
Broader	subshrub, suffrutex	low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base