vetch (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *vetch*:
NOUN	plant	vetch	any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers

English > *vetch*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers; includes valuable forage and soil-building plants.
Member of	Vicia, genus Vicia	widely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often climbing herbs
Narrower	bitter betch, Vicia orobus	European perennial toxic vetch
	bush vetch, Vicia sepium	European purple-flowered with slender stems
	spring vetch, Vicia sativa	herbaceous climbing plant valuable as fodder and for soil-building
	tare	Any of several weedy vetches grown for forage
	tufted vetch, bird vetch, Calnada pea, Vicia cracca	Common perennial climber of temperate regions / regions of Eurasia and North America having dense elongate clusters of flowers
Broader	legume, leguminous plant	An erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
Spanish	arveja, veza
Catalan	veça

HyperDic: vetch