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vetch n. 野豌豆 野豌豆 vetch n 1: any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers; includes valuable forage and soil- building plantsVetch \ Vetch\ ( v[ e^] ch), n. [ Also fitch; OE. ficche, feche, for veche, OF. veche, vecce, vesche, vesce, F. vesce, fr. L. vicia.] ( Bot.) Any leguminous plant of the genus { Vicia}, some species of which are valuable for fodder. The common species is { Vicia sativa}. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The name is also applied to many other leguminous plants of different genera; as the chichling vetch, of the genus { Lathyrus}; the horse vetch, of the genus { Hippocrepis}; the kidney vetch ({ Anthyllis vulneraria}); the milk vetch, of the genus { Astragalus}; the licorice vetch, or wild licorice ({ Abrus precatorius}). [ 1913 Webster] 54 Moby Thesaurus words for " vetch": algae, autophyte, bean, bracken, brown algae, climber, conferva, confervoid, creeper, diatom, fern, fruits and vegetables, fucus, fungus, grapevine, green algae, gulfweed, herb, heterophyte, ivy, kelp, legume, lentil, liana, lichen, liverwort, mold, moss, mushroom, parasite, parasitic plant, pea, perthophyte, phytoplankton, planktonic algae, plant families, puffball, pulse, red algae, rockweed, rust, saprophyte, sargasso, sargassum, sea lentil, sea moss, sea wrack, seaweed, smut, succulent, toadstool, vine, wort, wrack
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