A plant of the leguminous kind, with papilionaceous flowers, of the genus Vicia. It is a common name of most species of the genus. The name is also applied, with various epithets, to many other leguminous plants of different genera; as the chichling vetch of the genus Lathyrus; the horseshoe vetch of the genus Hippocrepis; the milk vetch of the genus Astragalus, etc.
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Any leguminous plant of the genus Vicia, some species of which are valuable for fodder. The common species is V. sativa.
In botany, a name of the Lathyrus aphaca, expressive of its diminutive size. The meadow vetchling is a wild plant common in meadows, which makes good hay.
Any small leguminous plant of the genus Lathyrus, especially L. Nissolia.
1. Consisting of vetches or of pea straw; as a vetchy bed.
2. Abounding with vetches.
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