Vetch Definition

vĕch
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.
Webster's New World

Any of several related plants within the subfamily Faboideae.

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Other Word Forms of Vetch

Noun

Singular:
vetch
Plural:
vetches

Origin of Vetch

  • Middle English vetche from Old North French veche from Latin vicia weik-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French veche, from Latin vicia.

    From Wiktionary

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