■ noun a leguminous plant with purple, pink, or yellow flowers, some kinds of which are cultivated for silage or fodder. [ Vicia sativa and other species.]
Origin
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. veche , from L. vicia .
■ noun a leguminous plant with purple, pink, or yellow flowers, some kinds of which are cultivated for silage or fodder. [ Vicia sativa and other species.]
Origin
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. veche , from L. vicia .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004