Associations to the word «Vetch»

Wiktionary

VETCH, noun. Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds.
VETCH, noun. Any of several similar plants within the subfamily Faboideae.

Dictionary definition

VETCH, noun. 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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats