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: any of a genus (Vicia) of herbaceous twining leguminous plants including some grown for fodder and green manure compare crown vetch, hairy vetch, milk vetch
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Samples of various flowering species that grow in the area will be displayed, such as cactus flowers from the high desert, lupine from Cuyamaca and vetch from Pine Hills.
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Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
The conservation district recommends oats, clover, rye or vetch for no-till cover cropping.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 3 June 2024
These include red clover, crimson clover, vetch, peas and beans.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
Wild nuts, peas, vetch, a legume which had edible seed pods, and grasses were often combined with pulses like beans or lentils, the most commonly identified ingredient, and at times, wild mustard.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 22 Nov. 2022
Broadleaf plants such as clover, vetch, Austrian winter peas and other cool-season crops.
—Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 27 Sep. 2021
Larger seeds like peas, vetch and cereals should be raked in lightly.
—oregonlive, 16 Aug. 2021
Complaints about seeing hawkweed while on walks are up, as are questions about mass executions of butter and eggs, chickweed, German chamomile and cow vetch.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2021
Pridgen uses cover crops to block weeds and feed the soil; daikon radishes work to open up the soil without digging, and legumes, such as vetch and clover, add nitrogen to the soil.
—Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 14 July 2021
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Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
The conservation district recommends oats, clover, rye or vetch for no-till cover cropping.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 3 June 2024
These include red clover, crimson clover, vetch, peas and beans.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
Wild nuts, peas, vetch, a legume which had edible seed pods, and grasses were often combined with pulses like beans or lentils, the most commonly identified ingredient, and at times, wild mustard.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 22 Nov. 2022
Broadleaf plants such as clover, vetch, Austrian winter peas and other cool-season crops.
—Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 27 Sep. 2021
Larger seeds like peas, vetch and cereals should be raked in lightly.
—oregonlive, 16 Aug. 2021
Complaints about seeing hawkweed while on walks are up, as are questions about mass executions of butter and eggs, chickweed, German chamomile and cow vetch.
—Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2021
Pridgen uses cover crops to block weeds and feed the soil; daikon radishes work to open up the soil without digging, and legumes, such as vetch and clover, add nitrogen to the soil.
—Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 14 July 2021
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“Vetch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vetch. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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vetch
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: any of a genus of twining herbs of the legume family that include plants used to feed domestic animals and to improve soil
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