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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vetch /vɛtʃ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Plant Biologya climbing plant of the legume family, having pealike flowers cultivated for forage and soil improvement.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vetch (vech),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, esp. V. sativa (spring vetch,) cultivated for forage and soil improvement.
- Plant Biologyany of various allied plants, as Lathyrus sativus, of Europe, cultivated for their edible seeds and for forage.
- Plant Biologythe beanlike seed or fruit of any such plant.
- Latin vicia
- Anglo-French; Old French vecce (French vesce)
- Middle English ve(c)che 1325–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vetch /vɛtʃ/ n - any of various climbing leguminous plants of the temperate genus Vicia, esp V. sativa, having pinnate leaves, typically blue or purple flowers, and tendrils on the stems
- any of various similar and related plants, such as Lathyrus sativus, cultivated in parts of Europe, and the kidney vetch
- the beanlike fruit of any of these plants
Etymology: 14th Century: fecche, from Old French veche, from Latin vicia |