crown vetch

noun

1. a plant, Coronilla varia, of the legume family, native to the Old World, having clusters of pink flowers and used to prevent erosion on banked roadsides.

crown vetch

noun

1. Also called (US): axseed. a trailing leguminous European plant, Coronilla varia, with clusters of white or pink flowers: cultivated in North America as a border plant

Word History and Origins

Origin of crown vetch¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

The fragmented forest is covered by meadow foxtail, white and red clover, and crown vetch - vestiges of an agricultural past.

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