American vetch
noun
: a vetch (Vicia americana) with trailing or climbing stems, compound leaves, and racemose bluish purple flowers
called also buffalo pea
Word History
First Known Use
circa 1818, in the meaning defined above
- leave (someone) cold
- leave (someone) dangling
- leave (someone) guessing
- leave (someone) in peace
- leave (someone) in the dust
- leave (someone) in the lurch
- leave (someone) out in the cold
- leave a bad taste in someone's mouth
- leave a great deal to be desired
- leave a lot to be desired
- leave a vacuum
- leave alone
- leave and license
- leave at the altar
- leave be
- leave cold
- leave dangling
- leave for dead
- leave guessing
- leave home
- leave in
- leave in peace
- leave in the dust
- leave in the lurch
- leave it at that