vetch

Pronunciation: /vɛt͡ʃ/

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun 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

Etymology

From Middle English vecche, fecche, ficche, from Old Northern French veche, variant of Old French vece, from Latin vicia. Doublet of fitch.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
legume
Narrower (hyponyms)
spring vetch, tufted vetch, bitter betch, bush vetch, tare

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