purple vetch

  • 1purple vetch — noun 1. : a European vetch (Vicia benghalensis) with whitish purple flowers that is grown for green manure and forage especially on the Pacific coast of No. America 2. : american vetch * * * purple vetch, a weak stemmed plant of the pea family… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 2purple vetch — bengalinis vikis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Pupinių šeimos pašarinis augalas (Vicia benghalensis), paplitęs šiaurės Afrikoje ir pietų Europoje. atitikmenys: lot. Vicia benghalensis angl. purple vetch vok. Purpurwicke pranc. vesce de… …

    Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • 3vetch — ► NOUN ▪ a leguminous plant with purple, pink, or yellow flowers, cultivated for silage or fodder. ORIGIN Old French veche, from Latin vicia …

    English terms dictionary

  • 4purple milk vetch — noun perennial of southern and western Europe having dense racemes of purple or violet flowers • Syn: ↑Astragalus danicus • Hypernyms: ↑milk vetch, ↑milk vetch …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 5vetch — noun a leguminous plant with purple, pink, or yellow flowers, some kinds of which are cultivated for silage or fodder. [Vicia sativa and other species.] Origin ME: from Anglo Norman Fr. veche, from L. vicia …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 6milk vetch — noun any of various plants of the genus Astragalus • Syn: ↑milk vetch • Hypernyms: ↑woody plant, ↑ligneous plant • Hyponyms: ↑wild licorice, ↑wild liquorice, ↑ …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 7bush vetch — noun European purple flowered with slender stems; occurs as a weed in hedges • Syn: ↑Vicia sepium • Hypernyms: ↑vetch * * * noun : a European purple flowered vetch (Vicia sepium) with slender stems that occurs as a weed in hedgerows …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 8crown vetch — noun European herb resembling vetch; naturalized in the eastern United States; having umbels of pink and white flowers and sharp angled pods • Syn: ↑axseed, ↑Coronilla varia • Hypernyms: ↑coronilla • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Coronilla * * * …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 9milk-vetch — noun any of various plants of the genus Astragalus • Syn: ↑milk vetch • Hypernyms: ↑woody plant, ↑ligneous plant • Hyponyms: ↑wild licorice, ↑wild liquorice, ↑ …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 10american vetch — noun Usage: usually capitalized A : a vetch (Vicia americana) with trailing or climbing stems, compound leaves, and racemose bluish purple flowers called also buffalo pea …

    Useful english dictionary