ervil

[ ur-vil ]

/ ˈɜr vɪl /

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noun

a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.

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IS and ARE are both forms of which verb?

Also called ers.

Origin of ervil

First recorded in 1545–55; from Latin ervilia, akin to ervum “bitter vetch”; probably of non-Indo-European origin