: any of a genus (Vicia) of herbaceous twining leguminous plants including some grown for fodder and green manure compare crown vetch, hairy vetch, milk vetch
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Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebBroadleaf plants such as clover, vetch, Austrian winter peas and other cool-season crops. Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 27 Sep. 2021 Larger seeds like peas, vetch and cereals should be raked in lightly.oregonlive, 16 Aug. 2021 Complaints about seeing hawkweed while on walks are up, as are questions about mass executions of butter and eggs, chickweed, German chamomile and cow vetch. Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2021 Pridgen uses cover crops to block weeds and feed the soil; daikon radishes work to open up the soil without digging, and legumes, such as vetch and clover, add nitrogen to the soil. Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 14 July 2021 There are many crops that will help with this, to name a few, oats, vetch, rye, clover, Austrian pea, etc.oregonlive, 1 May 2021 Bird vetch was called out by one reader and butter and eggs by another. Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2020 Cover crops further bolster the carbon-farming lifestyle. Sown to enrich the soil rather than for harvest, plants like clovers, vetch, and various inedible radishes and ryegrasses are among the most common. Brian Barth, Popular Science, 1 Apr. 2020 Others were not so: the golden plumes of lady’s bedstraw, or the yellow-and-white buttons of the kidney vetch, or a tiny lemon yellow viola hiding within the tapestry.Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2019 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English fecche, veche, from Middle French dialect (Norman & Picard) veche, from Latin vicia; perhaps akin to Latin vincire to bind