| 单词 | chickling vetch |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschickling vetch chickling vetch n. any of various leguminous plants, esp. of the genus Lathyrus; spec. L. sativus, which is grown as a fodder crop and as a pulse (although its seeds are potentially toxic if eaten regularly and without adequate pretreatment); (also) †the seed of L. sativus (obsolete rare). L. sativus is now more commonly called grass pea or Indian pea. ΚΠ 1690 J. Ray Synopsis Methodica Stirpium Brit. 128 Lathyrus viciæformis seu Vicia Lathyroides nostras. Chichling Vetch. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Clymenum Chickling Vetch, with a blue Flower. 1913 Monthly Bull. Agric. Intelligence & Plant Dis. Jan. 92 The use [as an animal feed] of chickling vetches appears, at present at least, not to be advisable. 2009 D. W. Hagstrum & B. Subramanyam Stored-product Insect Resource i. 37/1 Chickling vetch, lentil and vetch are also suitable host plants. < as lemmas |
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