Found 2 items, similar to vetch.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: vetch vetch n : 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 plants
English → English (gcide) Definition: Vetch 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]