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• vetch — ► 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

• vetch — vetchlike, adj. /vech/, n. 1. any of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, esp. V. sativa (spring vetch), cultivated for forage and …   Universalium

• vetch — 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

• kidney vetch — noun perennial Eurasian herb having heads of red or yellow flowers and common in meadows and pastures; formerly used medicinally for kidney disorders • Syn: ↑Anthyllis vulneraria • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: ↑Anthyllis …   Useful english dictionary

• milk 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

• Big Yellow Group — Infobox Company company name = Big Yellow Group plc company company type = Public (lse|BYG) foundation = 1998 location = Bagshot, UK key people = Nicholas Vetch, Chairman James Gibson, CEO industry = Storage products = revenue = £56.9 million… …   Wikipedia

• Grass vetch — Grass Grass, n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, gr[ae]s, g[ae]rs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. gr[ae]s, Sw. gr[aum]s, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf. {Graze}.] 1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Kidney vetch — Kidney Kid ney (k[i^]d n[y^]), n.; pl. {Kidneys} (k[i^]d n[i^]z). [OE. kidnei, kidnere, from Icel. koi[eth]r belly, womb (akin to Goth. gipus, AS. cwi[thorn] womb) + OE. nere kidney; akin to D. nier, G. niere, OHG. nioro, Icel. n[=y]ra, Dan. nyre …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• horseshoe vetch — noun European woody perennial with yellow umbellate flowers followed by flattened pods that separate into horseshoe shaped joints • Syn: ↑Hippocrepis comosa • Hypernyms: ↑subshrub, ↑suffrutex * * * noun : a European herb (Hippocrepis comosa) of… …   Useful english dictionary

• kidney vetch — an Old World plant, Anthyllis vulneraria, of the legume family, formerly used as a remedy for kidney diseases. Also called woundwort. [1700 10] * * * ▪ plant also called  ladies fingers (species Anthyllis vulneraria)        perennial herb, of the …   Universalium

• kidney vetch — noun a yellow or orange flowered leguminous grassland plant, sometimes grown as a fodder crop. [Anthyllis vulneraria.] …   English new terms dictionary