vetch

English

Wikispecies

A vetch ()

Alternative forms

• fitch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛtʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɛtʃ

Noun

vetch (plural vetches)

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

Synonyms

• tare (rare)

Hyponyms

• (Vicia): garden vetch, common vetch, narrow-leaved vetch (Vicia sativa); American vetch, purple vetch, mat vetch (); bitter vetch, blister vetch (Vicia ervilia); tufted vetch (); bard vetch (); Bithynian vetch (); Carolina wood vetch (); fodder vetch, hairy vetch, winter vetch (); bard vetch (); French vetch (); Hungarian vetch (); Kashubian vetch (); spring vetch (); yellow vetch (); Hawaiian vetch (); pygmyflower vetch (); single-flowered vetch (); black vetch, giant vetch (); upright vetch, wood bitter-vetch (); slender vetch (); pea-flowered vetch (); bush vetch (); wood vetch (); fine-leaved vetch (); smooth vetch ()

Derived terms

• deervetch ()
• kidney vetch ()
• milk-vetch (Astragalus)
• poisonvetch (Astragalus)
• vetchling (Lathyrus)
• vetchy

 

Translations

plant of the genus Vicia

• Catalan: veça f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: vikev
• Dutch: wikke (nl) f
• Estonian: hiirehernes
• Finnish: virna (fi)
• French: vesce (fr) f
• Galician: ervellaca f, fabaca (gl) f, veza f, nichela f, brenza f
• Georgian: ცერცველა (cercvela)
• German: Wicke (de) f
• Greek: αρακάς (el) m (arakás)
• Hungarian: bükköny (hu)
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• Italian: veccia f
• Japanese: 烏野豌豆 (からすのえんどう, karasunoendō) (common), 矢筈豌豆 (やはずえんどう, yahazu endō) (official in botany)
• Latin: ervum n, vicia f
• Lithuanian: vikis (lt)
• Norman: vèche f (Jersey)
• Persian: ماش (fa) (mâš)
• Piedmontese: vëssa f
• Polish: wyka (pl) f
• Portuguese: ervilhaca f
• Romanian: măzăriche (ro) f
• Russian: ви́ка (ru) f (víka)
• Spanish: veza (es) f, arveja (es) f

Further reading

• vetch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia