English > genus Vicia: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | widely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often climbing herbs. |
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Synonym | Vicia |
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Member of | Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae | Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae |
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Members | broad bean, broad-bean, broad-bean plant, English bean, European bean, field bean, Vicia faba | Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder |
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hairy vetch, hairy tare, Vicia villosa | European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops |
tare | Any of several weedy vetches grown for forage |
vetch | Any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers |
Broader | rosid dicot genus | A genus of dicotyledonous plants |
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Spanish | genus vicia, vicia |
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Catalan | genus vicia, vicia, Vicia |
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