vetch
/vetʃ/noun
1- a widely distributed scrambling herbaceous plant of the pea family, which is cultivated as a silage or fodder crop巢菜, 野豌豆。参见
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- Genus Vicia, family Leguminosae: several species, in particular the European common vetch (V. sativa).野豌豆属, 豆科：数种, 尤指欧洲救荒豌豆（拉丁名V. sativa）。
词源
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French veche, from Latin vicia.