vetch

3 definitions found

vetch - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Vetch \Vetch\ (v[e^]ch), 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 Vicia sativa
     .
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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).
           [1913 Webster]

vetch - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  vetch
      n 1: 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

vetch - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "vetch":
     algae, autophyte, bean, bracken, brown algae, climber, conferva,
     confervoid, creeper, diatom, fern, fruits and vegetables, fucus,
     fungus, grapevine, green algae, gulfweed, herb, heterophyte, ivy,
     kelp, legume, lentil, liana, lichen, liverwort, mold, moss,
     mushroom, parasite, parasitic plant, pea, perthophyte,
     phytoplankton, planktonic algae, plant families, puffball, pulse,
     red algae, rockweed, rust, saprophyte, sargasso, sargassum,
     sea lentil, sea moss, sea wrack, seaweed, smut, succulent,
     toadstool, vine, wort, wrack