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Definition of: vetch
(vech) noun
1. Any of a genus (Vicia) of climbing herbaceous vines of the bean family, especially the common broadbean, grown for fodder.
2. A leguminous European plant (Lathyrus sativus) yielding edible seeds.
—bitter vetch A species of vetch (V. ervilia) of which the seeds contain a bitter, poisonous alkaloid: also called ers. [<AF veche, vecce <L vicia]
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