VETCHLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vetchling mean? 

• VETCHLING (noun)
  The noun VETCHLING has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: VETCHLING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VETCHLING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("vetchling" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vetchling"):

black pea; Lathyrus niger (perennial of Europe and North Africa; foliage turns black in drying)

grass vetch; grass vetchling; Lathyrus nissolia (annual European vetch with red flowers)

grass pea; Indian pea; khesari; Lathyrus sativus (European annual grown for forage; seeds used for food in India and for stock elsewhere)

Lathyrus vernus; spring vetch; spring vetchling (bushy European perennial having nodding racemose violet-blue flowers)

Holonyms ("vetchling" is a member of...):

genus Lathyrus; Lathyrus (genus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and South America: vetchling; wild pea)