SWEET VETCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sweet vetch mean? 

• SWEET VETCH (noun)
  The noun SWEET VETCH has 1 sense:

1. perennial of western United States having racemes of pink to purple flowers followed by flat pods that separate into nearly orbicular joints

  Familiarity information: SWEET VETCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWEET VETCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial of western United States having racemes of pink to purple flowers followed by flat pods that separate into nearly orbicular joints

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Hedysarum boreale; sweet vetch

Hypernyms ("sweet vetch" is a kind of...):

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

Holonyms ("sweet vetch" is a member of...):

genus Hedysarum; Hedysarum (genus of herbs of north temperate regions)