1. any of several vetches, esp. the common vetch (Vicia sativa)
2. the seed of any of these plants
3. Bible a noxious weed thought to be darnel: Matt. 13:25-40

Origin: Middle English small seed, vetch ; from or akin to Middle Dutch tarwe, wheat ; from Indo-European base an unverified form derwā-, kind of grain from source Sanskrit drvā, millet grass: used in Middle English and Early Modern English versions of New Testament to translated, translation Ecclesiastical Late Latin zizania, darnel