US /vɛtʃ/ UK /vɛtʃ/
noun Freq #111699

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a twining leguminous plant of the genus Vicia or a related genus, often grown for fodder, seed, or green manure

    The farmer sowed vetch as a winter cover crop to enrich the soil.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a twining leguminous plant... tareVicia
Word family
Forms vetches
Derived forms vetchlingvetchy
Related forms legumemilkvetchfitchpea

Etymology

From Middle English vecche or fecche, through Old Northern French veche from Latin vicia, the plant name. The related English form fitch is a doublet inherited through a different sound development.

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