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单词 vetch
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Definition of vetch in English:

vetch

noun vɛtʃvɛtʃ
  • A widely distributed scrambling herbaceous plant of the pea family, which is cultivated as a silage or fodder crop.

    Genus Vicia, family Leguminosae: several species, in particular the European common vetch (V. sativa)

    See also tare
    Example sentencesExamples
    • After you prepare a seed bed in your future tomato plot, plant the vetch, either by broadcasting or in shallow furrows at the rate of an ounce of seed per 10 square feet.
    • Sometimes, instead of a multi-year hayfield, Moyer will just use hairy vetch or a vetch / oats mix as a cover crop between the summer wheat harvest and corn planting the following spring.
    • Plant vetch and winter rye as a cover crop on bare soil and protect remaining produce with row cover as October frosts approach.
    • My vetch and oat cover crops look like they'll make it into the winter with sufficient growth to survive the cold.
    • Buckwheat, mustard, rape, or fast-growing legumes, such as vetches or crimson clover, can be used.

Origin

Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French veche, from Latin vicia.

Rhymes

etch, fetch, ketch, kvetch, lech, outstretch, retch, sketch, stretch, wretch
 
 

Definition of vetch in US English:

vetch

nounvɛtʃveCH
  • A widely distributed scrambling herbaceous plant of the pea family, which is cultivated as a silage or fodder crop.

    Genus Vicia, family Leguminosae: several species, in particular the common or (spring) vetch (V. sativa) and purple vetch (V. americana)

    See also tare
    Example sentencesExamples
    • My vetch and oat cover crops look like they'll make it into the winter with sufficient growth to survive the cold.
    • After you prepare a seed bed in your future tomato plot, plant the vetch, either by broadcasting or in shallow furrows at the rate of an ounce of seed per 10 square feet.
    • Plant vetch and winter rye as a cover crop on bare soil and protect remaining produce with row cover as October frosts approach.
    • Buckwheat, mustard, rape, or fast-growing legumes, such as vetches or crimson clover, can be used.
    • Sometimes, instead of a multi-year hayfield, Moyer will just use hairy vetch or a vetch / oats mix as a cover crop between the summer wheat harvest and corn planting the following spring.

Origin

Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French veche, from Latin vicia.

 
 
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