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n. Any of various herbs of the genus Vicia, having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small, variously colored flowers.

n. Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds.

n. Any leguminous plant of the genus Vicia, some species of which are valuable for fodder. The common species is Vicia sativa.

n. A plant of the genus Vicia; the tare.

n. 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

"For the Latins call a vetch Cicer, and a nick or dent at the tip of his nose, which resembled the opening in a vetch, gave him the surname of"

leguminous plant    legume   

hatchet vetch    kidney vetch    horseshoe vetch    bitter vetch    grass vetch    bastard hatchet-vetch    hairy vetch    milk vetch    chickling vetch    tare-vetch   

bird vetch    vicia cracca    bush vetch    vicia sativa    bitter betch    vicia orobus    vicia sepium    spring vetch    calnada pea    tare   

lupine    timothy    monkshood    dandelion    buckwheat    lucerne    stover    fenugreek    cow-parsley    alfalfa