[ noun ] 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 <noun.plant>
Vetch \Vetch\, n. [Also fitch; OE. ficche, feche, for veche, OF. veche, vecce, vesche, vesce, F. vesce, fr. L. vicia.] (Bot.) Any leguminous plant of the genus {Vicia}, some species of which are valuable for fodder. The common species is {Vicia sativa}.
Note: The name is also applied to many other leguminous plants of different genera; as the chichling vetch, of the genus {Lathyrus}; the horse vetch, of the genus {Hippocrepis}; the kidney vetch ({Anthyllis vulneraria}); the milk vetch, of the genus {Astragalus}; the licorice vetch, or wild licorice ({Abrus precatorius}).
The vetch sucked all the moisture out and the corn didn't germinate.
Green-yellow Euphorbia venusta looks twice the plant in an unknown jungle of emerging poppies, vetch and yellow chrysanthemum daisies. If you wonder whether it is hardy, try irises in grass instead.