spring vetch

/sprɪŋ vɛtʃ/

Definitions of spring vetch

1. noun

   herbaceous climbing plant valuable as fodder and for soil-building
   synonyms: Vicia sativa

   type 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
2. noun

   bushy European perennial having nodding racemose violet-blue flowers
   synonyms: Lathyrus vernus, spring vetchling

   type of:

   vetchling

   any of various small plants of the genus Lathyrus; climb usually by means of tendrils