HyperDic: bird_vetch

English > 1 sense of the expression *bird vetch*:
NOUN	plant	bird vetch, tufted vetch, Calnada pea, Vicia cracca	common perennial climber of temperate regions / regions of Eurasia and North America having dense elongate clusters of flowers

English > *bird vetch*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Common perennial climber of temperate regions / regions of Eurasia and North America having dense elongate clusters of flowers.
Synonyms	tufted vetch, Calnada pea, Vicia cracca
Broader	vetch	Any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers