English Explanatory Dictionary

vetch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds.
  2. Any of several similar plants within the subfamily Faboideae.

Pronunciation

/vɛt͡ʃ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vetch.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-vetch.wav

Word forms

vetch vetches fitch

Etymology

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

Synonyms

tare

Derived words

American vetch bard vetch Bithynian vetch bitter vetch blister vetch black vetch bush vetch Carolina wood vetch chickling vetch common vetch cow vetch deervetch fine-leaved vetch fodder vetch French vetch garden vetch giant vetch hairy vetch Hawaiian vetch horseshoe vetch Hungarian vetch Kashubian vetch kidney vetch mat vetch milkvetch narrow-leaved vetch pea-flowered vetch poisonvetch purple vetch pygmyflower vetch single-flowered vetch slender vetch smooth vetch spring vetch tufted vetch upright vetch vetchling vetchy winter vetch wood bitter-vetch wood vetch yellow vetch
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