单词 | vetchy |
释义 | vetchyadj. Composed of, containing, or abounding in vetches; resembling a vetch. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [adjective] > of types of vetchy1579 clovery1649 fitchy1650 clovered1727 bauhinia1887 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Sept. 256 If to my cotage thou wilt resort,..There mayst thou ligge in a vetchy bed. 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xvi. xxxvii. 612 There is..lenticula of lens, a little fitchie kinde of pease [L. parua lens leguminis genus]. 1751 M. Mendez Seasons Winter 19 From her vetchy Nest the weetless Vagrant hies. 1806 J. Grahame Birds Scotl. 26 The blooming, vetchy ridge. 1974 Daily Reg. (Harrisburg, Illinois) 30 Nov. 5/6 The garlicky, vetchy wheat in the ration was replaced with garlicky wheat free of vetch. 1996 D. Carey Invasion! ii. 24 There was growth here too, but vetchy, flattened growth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1579 |
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