vetch

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English - Turkish
bakla
{i} karaburçak
cılban
bitter vetch kara burçak
baklagillerden herhangi bir bitki
Vicia ervilia
{i} burçak
bitter vetch
(Tarım) burçak
common vetch
(Botanik, Bitkibilim) Fiğ (Vicia sativa ), baklagiller (Fabaceae) familyasından dane yemleri içerisinde önemli bir yere sahip olan tek yıllık bir serin mevsim yem bitkisi
hairy vetch
tüylü fiğ
English - English
Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds
{n} a leguminous plant, a kind of bad pea
Vetch is a wild plant. Some types of vetch are sometimes grown as a crop. Any of various herbs of the genus Vicia, having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small, variously colored flowers. a plant with small flowers, often used to feed farm animals. Any of about 150 species of herbaceous plants in the genus Vicia of the pea family (see legume). A few species are cultivated as important fodder and cover crops and as green manure. Trailing or climbing stems grow 1-4 ft (0.3-1.2 m) tall, bearing compound leaves with several pairs of leaflets. Magenta, bluish-white, white, or yellow flowers are borne singly or in clusters. The pods contain 2-10 seeds. Like other legumes, vetches add nitrogen to the soil through nitrogen fixation. See also crown vetch
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
sativa
Any leguminous plant of the genus Vicia, some species of which are valuable for fodder
{i} type of climbing plant
The common species is V
milk-vetch
any of several species of flowering plants of the genus Astragalus
A vetch
fitch
alpine milk vetch
perennial of mountainous areas of Eurasia and North America
bush vetch
European purple-flowered with slender stems; occurs as a weed in hedges
chichling vetch
A leguminous plant (Lathyrus sativus), with broad flattened seeds which are sometimes used for food
crown vetch
A perennial European herb (Coronilla varia) in the pea family, grown for forage and erosion control and having clusters of small white or pink flowers and pinnately compound leaves. Vigorous trailing legume (Coronilla varia), native to the Mediterranean but widely grown in temperate areas as a ground cover. It has fernlike leaves and clusters of white to pink flowers. The sturdy roots are useful in binding the soil of steep slopes and roadside embankments. As a legume, crown vetch draws nitrogen from the air, trapping it in the roots, and thus improves soil fertility. It dies back to the crown each fall in cold areas, resuming growth in spring. Cutting the plant back in the fall or early spring encourages quick growth
grass vetch
annual European vetch with red flowers
hairy vetch
European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops
horseshoe vetch
European woody perennial with yellow umbellate flowers followed by flattened pods that separate into horseshoe-shaped joints
kidney vetch
{i} Eurasian plant with pods that are shaped like a finger (in the past was used to treat kidney disorders)
kidney vetch
perennial Eurasian herb having heads of red or yellow flowers and common in meadows and pastures; formerly used medicinally for kidney disorders
milk vetch
Any of various plants of the genus Astragalus, having pinnate, compound leaves and clusters of purple, white, or yellowish flowers
milk vetch
A leguminous herb (Astragalus glycyphyllos) of Europe and Asia, supposed to increase the secretion of milk in goats
milk vetch
any of various plants of the genus Astragalus
purple milk vetch
perennial of southern and western Europe having dense racemes of purple or violet flowers
spring vetch
herbaceous climbing plant valuable as fodder and for soil-building
sweet vetch
perennial of western United States having racemes of pink to purple flowers followed by flat pods that separate into nearly orbicular joints
tufted vetch
common perennial climber of temperate regions of Eurasia and North America having dense elongate clusters of flowers
vetches
plural of vetch
vetch

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    Etymology

    [ 'vech ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English vecche, from Old North French veche, from Latin vicia; perhaps akin to Latin vincire to bind.
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