English noun: vetch | |||
1. | vetch (plant) 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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | legume, leguminous plant | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bird vetch, bitter betch, bush vetch, Calnada pea, spring vetch, tare, tufted vetch, Vicia cracca, Vicia orobus, Vicia sativa, Vicia sepium | ||
Member meronym | genus Vicia, Vicia | ||