sweet vetch

/swit vɛtʃ/
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Other forms: sweet vetches

Definitions of sweet vetch
  1. noun
    perennial of western United States having racemes of pink to purple flowers followed by flat pods that separate into nearly orbicular joints
    synonyms: Hedysarum boreale
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    type of:
    subshrub, suffrutex
    low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
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