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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

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Nouns denoting plants

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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