Meaning & use
Vetches
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Climbing or trailing plants of the pea family, some species of which are grown as fodder or cover crops for livestock and soil health.
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Farmers often plant vetches between growing seasons to enrich the soil with nitrogen.
Purple vetches grew wild along the edge of the hay field.
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Vetches belong to the genus Vicia and have been cultivated since ancient times, both as animal feed and, in some species, as a food crop for humans.
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legumes
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