英语词汇“kidney vetch”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

kidney /kidˈni/

noun

Either of two rounded flattened organs, in the posterior abdominal area in man, that filter waste from the blood and secrete it as urine

These organs taken from the bodies of certain animals, used as food

Temperament, humour, disposition

Sort, kind

ORIGIN: ME kidenei (pl kideneiren), perh a compound of ei (pl eiren) egg, confused sometimes with nere kidney

kidney bean noun

The French bean

Any kidney-shaped variety of bean, esp the red variety of runner bean

kidney machine noun

An apparatus used, in cases where the kidney functions badly, to remove harmful substances from the blood by dialysis

kidney ore noun

Haematite in kidney-shaped masses

kidney-potāˈto noun

A kidney-shaped variety of potato

kidney stone noun

Nephrite

A septarian nodule

A hard deposit formed in the kidney

kidney vetch noun

Any plant of the papilionaceous genus Anthyllis, including lady's fingers

vetch /vech/

noun

Any of various climbing plants of the pea family, usu with blue or purple flowers, often used as fodder

ORIGIN: ONFr veche (Fr vesce), from L vicia

vetchˈling noun

Any plant of the sweet pea genus (Lathyrus)

vetchˈy adjective

Covered with vetches

bitter vetch

Various species of the Vicia and Lathyrus genera

kidney vetch see under kidney

milk vetch

A plant of the Astragalus genus