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SWEET VETCH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial of western United States having racemes of pink to purple flowers followed by flat pods that separate into nearly orbicular joints
Synonyms:
Hedysarum boreale; sweet vetch
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sweet vetch" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
Holonyms ("sweet vetch" is a member of...):
genus Hedysarum; Hedysarum (genus of herbs of north temperate regions)