CROWN VETCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crown vetch mean? 

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

1. European herb resembling vetch; naturalized in the eastern United States; having umbels of pink-and-white flowers and sharp-angled pods

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROWN VETCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

European herb resembling vetch; naturalized in the eastern United States; having umbels of pink-and-white flowers and sharp-angled pods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

axseed; Coronilla varia; crown vetch

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

coronilla (any of various plants of the genus Coronilla having purple or pink or yellow flowers in long axillary heads or umbels)

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

genus Coronilla (genus of Old World shrubs and herbs)