vicia (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Vicia*:
NOUN	plant	Vicia, genus Vicia	widely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often climbing herbs

English > *Vicia*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	widely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often climbing herbs.
Synonym	genus Vicia
Member of	Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae	Alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae
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
	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
Spanish	genus vicia, vicia
Catalan	genus vicia, vicia, Vicia

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