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BIRD VETCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bird vetch mean?
• BIRD VETCH (noun)
The noun BIRD VETCH has 1 sense:
1. common perennial climber of temperate regions of Eurasia and North America having dense elongate clusters of flowers
Familiarity information: BIRD VETCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common perennial climber of temperate regions of Eurasia and North America having dense elongate clusters of flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bird vetch; Calnada pea; tufted vetch; Vicia cracca
Hypernyms ("bird vetch" is a kind 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)
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