| alpine milk vetch | (n) perennial of mountainous areas of Eurasia and North America, Syn. Astragalus alpinus |
| bush vetch | (n) European purple-flowered with slender stems; occurs as a weed in hedges, Syn. Vicia sepium |
| common vetchling | (n) scrambling perennial Eurasian wild pea having yellowish flowers and compressed seed pods; cultivated for forage, Syn. meadow pea, Lathyrus pratensis, yellow vetchling |
| grass vetch | (n) annual European vetch with red flowers, Syn. Lathyrus nissolia, grass vetchling |
| hairy vetch | (n) European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops, Syn. Vicia villosa, hairy tare |
| horseshoe vetch | (n) European woody perennial with yellow umbellate flowers followed by flattened pods that separate into horseshoe-shaped joints, Syn. Hippocrepis comosa |
| kidney vetch | (n) 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 |
| kvetch | (n) (Yiddish) a constant complainer |
| kvetch | (n) (Yiddish) a nagging complaint |
| milk vetch | (n) any of various plants of the genus Astragalus, Syn. milk-vetch |
| purple milk vetch | (n) perennial of southern and western Europe having dense racemes of purple or violet flowers, Syn. Astragalus danicus |
| spring vetch | (n) herbaceous climbing plant valuable as fodder and for soil-building, Syn. Vicia sativa |
| spring vetchling | (n) bushy European perennial having nodding racemose violet-blue flowers, Syn. Lathyrus vernus, spring vetch |
| sweet vetch | (n) perennial of western United States having racemes of pink to purple flowers followed by flat pods that separate into nearly orbicular joints, Syn. Hedysarum boreale |
| tufted vetch | (n) common perennial climber of temperate regions of Eurasia and North America having dense elongate clusters of flowers, Syn. Calnada pea, Vicia cracca, bird vetch |
| vetch | (n) 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 |
| vetchling | (n) any of various small plants of the genus Lathyrus; climb usually by means of tendrils |
| axseed | (n) European herb resembling vetch; naturalized in the eastern United States; having umbels of pink-and-white flowers and sharp-angled pods, Syn. Coronilla varia, crown vetch |
| complain | (v) express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness, Syn. plain, quetch, sound off, kick, kvetch, Ant. cheer |
| corn earworm | (n) larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops, Syn. tobacco budworm, vetchworm, cotton bollworm, Heliothis zia, tomato fruitworm |
| heath pea | (n) European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey, Syn. tuberous vetch, earth-nut pea, earthnut pea, Lathyrus tuberosus |
| Chichling vetch | { } n. [ Chich + -ling. ] (Bot.) A leguminous plant (Lathyrus sativus), with broad flattened seeds which are sometimes used for food. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Chichling |
| Milk vetch | (Bot.) A leguminous herb (Astragalus glycyphyllos) of Europe and Asia, supposed to increase the secretion of milk in goats. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ The name is sometimes taken for the whole genus Astragalus, of which there are about two hundred species in North America, and even more elsewhere. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Vetch | n. [ Also fitch; OE. ficche, feche, for veche, OF. veche, vecce, vesche, vesce, F. vesce, fr. L. vicia. ] (Bot.) Any leguminous plant of the genus Vicia, some species of which are valuable for fodder. The common species is Vicia sativa. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ The name is also applied to many other leguminous plants of different genera; as the chichling vetch, of the genus Lathyrus; the horse vetch, of the genus Hippocrepis; the kidney vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria); the milk vetch, of the genus Astragalus; the licorice vetch, or wild licorice (Abrus precatorius). [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Vetchling | n. [ Vetch + -ling. ] (Bot.) Any small leguminous plant of the genus Lathyrus, especially Lathyrus Nissolia. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Vetchy | a. 1. Consisting of vetches or of pea straw. “A vetchy bed.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Abounding with vetches. [ 1913 Webster ] |
