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VICIA SATIVA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Vicia sativa mean?
• VICIA SATIVA (noun)
The noun VICIA SATIVA has 1 sense:
1. herbaceous climbing plant valuable as fodder and for soil-building
Familiarity information: VICIA SATIVA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Herbaceous climbing plant valuable as fodder and for soil-building
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
spring vetch; Vicia sativa
Hypernyms ("Vicia sativa" 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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