Definitions for: Vetch


[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



Webster (1913) Definition: Vetch, n. [Also fitch; OE. ficche, feche, for veche, OF.
veche, vecce, vesche, vesce, F. vesce, fr. L. vicia.] (Bot.)
Any leguminous plant of the genus Vicia, some species of
which are valuable for fodder. The common species is {V.
sativa}.

Note: The name is also applied to many other leguminous
plants of different genera; as the chichling vetch, of
the genus Lathyrus; the horse vetch, of the genus
Hippocrepis; the kidney vetch ({Anthyllis
vulneraria}); the milk vetch, of the genus
Astragalus; the licorice vetch, or wild licorice
(Abrus precatorius).

See Also: bird vetch, bitter betch, bush vetch, Calnada pea, genus Vicia, legume, leguminous plant, spring vetch, tare, tufted vetch, Vicia, Vicia cracca, Vicia orobus, Vicia sativa, Vicia sepium

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