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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 flowersplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


BIRD VETCH (noun)


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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