vetch

English - Turkish

Definition of vetch in English Turkish dictionary

bakla

{i} karaburçak

cılban

bitter vetch kara burçak

baklagillerden herhangi bir bitki

Vicia ervilia

{i} burçak

Related Terms

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

Definition of vetch in English English dictionary

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

Related Terms

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

Etymology

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