Any of numerous leguminous plants of the genus Vicia, typically having numerous elongated leaflets in opposite pairs; esp. V. sativa, typically…

Any of various vetches or wild peas, esp. (a) any of those constituting the genus Orobus (now united with the genus Lathyrus), chiefly…

A name given to some species of vetch. in early times, esp. to those occurring as weeds in cornfields. (Lyte, 1578, uses it only of these, applying…

Anglicized form of Latin ervilia ‘the bitter vetch’ (Lewis and Short).

The Bitter Vetch (Ervum Ervilia Latin).

the plant Ornithopus perpusillus.

A kind of wild vetch (not identified).

A tare.

some species of wild tare or vetch (‘Vicia hirsuta or perhaps V. Cracca’, Britten & Holland).

A seed of a kind of vetch or wild pea; the plant itself (cf. orobus, n.).

the Tufted Vetch (Vicia cracca), or the Hairy Vetch (V. hirsuta).

any species of vetch growing in woods, esp. Vicia sylvatica, with pink or white flowers streaked with purple.

(a) = scorpion grass, n.; (b) Ornithopus scorpioides, native of Southern Europe.

Bitter vetch, Vicia ervilia. Obsolete. rare.