HyperDic: spring_vetch

English > 2 senses of the expression spring vetch:
NOUNplantspring vetch, Vicia sativaherbaceous climbing plant valuable as fodder and for soil-building
plantspring vetch, spring vetchling, Lathyrus vernusbushy European perennial having nodding racemose violet-blue flowers
English > spring vetch: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
Meaningherbaceous climbing plant valuable as fodder and for soil-building.
SynonymVicia sativa
BroadervetchAny of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers
Spanishalverja, alverjana, arveja, veza
Catalanveça, Vicia sativa
English > spring vetch: 2 senses > noun 2, plant
Meaningbushy European perennial having nodding racemose violet-blue flowers.
Synonymsspring vetchling, Lathyrus vernus
Member ofLathyrus, genus Lathyrusgenus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and South America
BroadervetchlingAny of various small plants of the genus Lathyrus

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