ervil
[ ur-vil ]
/ ˈɜr vɪl /
noun
a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
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Origin of ervil
1545–55; < Latin ervilia, akin to ervum bitter vetch; probably of non-IE orig.
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