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SPRING VETCH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bushy European perennial having nodding racemose violet-blue flowers
Synonyms:
Lathyrus vernus; spring vetch; spring vetchling
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("spring vetch" is a kind of...):
vetchling (any of various small plants of the genus Lathyrus; climb usually by means of tendrils)
Holonyms ("spring vetch" is a member of...):
genus Lathyrus; Lathyrus (genus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and South America: vetchling; wild pea)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Herbaceous climbing plant valuable as fodder and for soil-building
Synonyms:
spring vetch; Vicia sativa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("spring vetch" is a kind of...):
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)
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