HyperDic: genus_vicia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Vicia:
NOUNplantgenus Vicia, Viciawidely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often climbing herbs
English > genus Vicia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningwidely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often climbing herbs.
SynonymVicia
Member ofPapilionoideae, subfamily PapilionoideaeAlternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae
Membersbroad bean, broad-bean, broad-bean plant, English bean, European bean, field bean, Vicia fabaOld World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder
hairy vetch, hairy tare, Vicia villosaEuropean vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops
tareAny of several weedy vetches grown for forage
vetchAny of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers
Broaderrosid dicot genusA genus of dicotyledonous plants
Spanishgenus vicia, vicia
Catalangenus vicia, vicia, Vicia

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