vetch

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vetch /vetʃ/ noun [countable]  HBPa plant with small flowers, often used to feed farm animals 巢菜，野豌豆〔常用作饲料〕

Examples from the Corpus

vetch• You notice the design of scabious and vetch and orchids - with the insects that depend on them?• The wild strawberries, the wiry grasses, the black fruit of the vetches on the banks were all dear presences.• She remembered the vetch, clover, wild roses, flowering grasses and blackberry flowers of early July.

vetch nounChinese  

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vetch
vetch /vetʃ/ noun [countable]
a plant with small flowers, often used to feed farm animals

vetchBrE /vetʃ/ 🔊NAmE /vetʃ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable] a plant of the pea family. There are several types of vetch, one of which is used as food for farm animals. 巢菜，野豌豆（有一种可作饲料）