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vetch Definition

vetch (vec̸h)

noun

any of a number of leafy, climbing or trailing plants (esp. genus Vicia) of the pea family, grown chiefly for fodder and as a green manure

Etymology: ME feche, veche < NormFr veche < L vicia, vetch < IE *weik- (< base *wei-, to bend > weak)

vetch Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • include: Rare species recorded for the site include wood vetch, toothwort, bird's-nest orchid and juniper.
  • sow: Applied on fertility leys in the autumn before sowing vetch and before beans.
  • leave: Phillips left the Vetch in similar circumstances and joined ex-Swans assistant manager Peter Nicholas at Newport.

Adjective modifier

  • tufted: It has broader leaflets ( to increase photosynthesis in shady conditions ) than the Tufted vetch.
  • bitter: Wood Whites visit a wide range of nectar sources including greater stitchwort, wood forget-me-not, birdsfoot trefoil, bitter vetch and bugle.
  • purple: And then there are the purple blue vetches that are a pleasure to the eye at this time of year.
  • bush: I still haven't quite decided ) and, throwing a tendril out to the bluebell, bush vetch.
  • yellow: The reserve is noted for its display of yellow horseshoe vetch in spring, visible for miles.
  • various: It is whitish in color, and laid singly on the underside of leaves of various vetches and trefoils.

Modifies a noun

  • crop: Drilled a vetch crop then summer fallowed the land.
  • field: Vetch Field chiefs are fuming about Sam Hammam's intention to snub the competition from next season.
  • crowd: But the biggest Vetch crowd of the season could hardly go home complaining, even if Boston grabbed a late consolation through Jason Lee.
  • seed: He was treated with fomentations made from leather bottles, and with heated vetch seeds over the whole body.
  • director: Vetch Field director of football Brian Flynn canceled the Twerton Park friendly on Monday afternoon because he could not field a goalkeeper.

Noun used with modifier

  • horseshoe: The reserve is noted for its display of yellow horseshoe vetch in spring, visible for miles.
  • kidney: Locally dropwort and kidney vetch may be found, both species rare in the Dales.
  • wood: The rare wood vetch grows on the side of the gorge and there is an old record for small cow wheat.
  • milk: Small virus-like particles containing single-stranded DNAs associated with milk vetch dwarf disease in Japan.
  • winter: Winter vetches are up in some places, and look very well.