vetch
/vɛt͡ʃ/
vetch noun: any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds.
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Noun
vetch (plural vetches)
- Any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds.
- Any of several similar plants within the subfamily Faboideae.
vetch meaning in Urdu, Arabic and Persian
vetch in Urdu
- باقلا, موٹھ
vetch in Arabic
- plant of the genus Vicia
- بِيقِيَّة bīqiyya
vetch in Persian
- plant of the genus Vicia
- ماش mâš
Synonyms of vetch
Forms of vetch
| plural | vetches |
|---|---|
| alternative form | fitch |
Origin of vetch
From Middle English vecche, fecche, ficche, from Old Northern French veche, variant of Old French vece, from Latin vicia. Doublet of fitch.
Words formed from vetch
- American vetch
- bard vetch
- Bithynian vetch
- bitter vetch
- blister vetch
- black vetch
- bush vetch
- Carolina wood vetch
- chickling vetch
- common vetch
- cow vetch
- crownvetch
- deervetch
- fine-leaved vetch
- fodder vetch
- French vetch
- garden vetch
- giant vetch
- hairy vetch
- Hawaiian vetch
- horseshoe vetch
- Hungarian vetch
- Kashubian vetch
- kidney vetch
- lentil vetch
- mat vetch
- milkvetch
- narrow-leaved vetch
- pea-flowered vetch
- poisonvetch
- purple vetch
- pygmyflower vetch
- single-flowered vetch
- slender vetch
- smooth vetch
- sparrow vetch
- spring vetch
- sweetvetch
- tiny vetch
- tufted vetch
- upright vetch
- vetchling
- vetchy
- winter vetch
- wood bitter-vetch
- wood vetch
- yellow vetch
Phrases with vetch
Words that rhyme with vetch
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Questions about vetch
- What does vetch mean?
- Vetch means any of several leguminous plants, of the genus Vicia, often grown as green manure and for their edible seeds.
- What is vetch in Urdu?
- Vetch in Urdu is باقلا, موٹھ. See Vetch meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is vetch?
- Vetch is a noun.
- How do you pronounce vetch?
- Vetch is pronounced /vɛt͡ʃ/.
- What is the plural of vetch?
- The plural of vetch is vetches.
Words near vetch in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vetch (page history and authors); vetch (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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