Found 2 items, similar to Vicia sativa.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Vicia sativa Vicia sativa n : herbaceous climbing plant valuable as fodder and for soil-building [syn: spring vetch]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Vicia sativa Tare \Tare\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. tare brisk, eager, OE. tarefitch the wild vetch.] 1. A weed that grows among wheat and other grain; -- alleged by modern naturalists to be the Lolium temulentum, or darnel. [1913 Webster] Didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From whence then hath it tares? --Matt. xiii. 27. [1913 Webster] The “darnel” is said to be the tares of Scripture, and is the only deleterious species belonging to the whole order. --Baird. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A name of several climbing or diffuse leguminous herbs of the genus Vicia; especially, the Vicia sativa , sometimes grown for fodder. [1913 Webster] Vicine \Vic"ine\, n. (Chem.) An alkaloid ex tracted from the seeds of the vetch (Vicia sativa ) as a white crystalline substance. [1913 Webster] Vetch \Vetch\, 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]