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Article: vetch
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- The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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vetch common name for many weak-stemmed, leguminous herbs of the genus
Vicia
of the family Leguminosae (
pulse
family). The vetches are chiefly annuals, distributed over temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere and of South America. Most of the species cultivated for food and forage are Old World in origin. The common vetch (
V. sativa
), also called spring vetch, is a purple- or pink-flowered climber native to Europe, where it is grown for fodder. It is extensively grown on the Pacific coast and in other sections of the United States for green fodder and hay and as a cover and green-manure crop. The hairy vetch (
V. villosa
), used almost as widely, is a hardy biennial with ...
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