Meaning of VETCH
| Pronunciation: | | vetsh
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [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 |
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| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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}).
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