vicia sativa

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vicia sativa - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tare \Tare\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. tare brisk, eager, OE. tarefitch
     the wild vetch.]
     1. A weed that grows among wheat and other grain; -- alleged
        by modern naturalists to be the Lolium temulentum, or
        darnel.
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              Didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From
              whence then hath it tares?            --Matt. xiii.
                                                    27.
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              The "darnel" is said to be the tares of Scripture,
              and is the only deleterious species belonging to the
              whole order.                          --Baird.
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     2. (Bot.) A name of several climbing or diffuse leguminous
        herbs of the genus Vicia; especially, the Vicia  sativa
        , sometimes grown for fodder.
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  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
     .
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     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).
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  Vicine \Vic"ine\, n. (Chem.)
     An alkaloid extracted from the seeds of the vetch (Vicia sativa
     ) as a white crystalline substance.
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vicia sativa - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Vicia sativa
      n 1: herbaceous climbing plant valuable as fodder and for soil-
           building [syn: spring vetch, Vicia sativa]