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nounany 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 plantstype of:
Definition that contains vetch
- tare any of several weedy vetches grown for forage
- grass vetchling annual European vetch with red flowers
- vicia villosa European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops
- lathyrus genus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and South America: vetchling; wild pea
- genus hippocrepis species of Old World herbs or subshrubs: horseshoe vetch
- hairy tare European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops
- bitter betch European perennial toxic vetch
- genus lathyrus genus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and South America: vetchling; wild pea
- hairy vetch European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops
- lathyrus nissolia annual European vetch with red flowers