#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
supertype: #leguminous_plant__legume an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
member of: #genus_Vicia
subtype: #tare.vetch any of several weedy vetches grown for forage
subtype: #hairy_vetch__hairy_tare__hairytare__Vicia_villosa European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops
subtype: #tufted_vetch__bird_vetch__Calnada_pea__Vicia_cracca common perennial climber of temperate regions of Eurasia and North America having dense elongate clusters of flowers
subtype: #bitter_betch__Vicia_orobus European perennial toxic vetch
subtype: #spring_vetch__Vicia_sativa herbaceous climbing plant valuable as fodder and for soil-building
subtype: #bush_vetch__Vicia_sepium European purple-flowered with slender stems; occurs as a weed in hedges
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