vetchling
any of several slender, climbing plants belonging to the genus Lathyrus, of the legume family, similar to the vetch but having a winged or angular stem, as L. palustris, of North America.
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How to use vetchling in a sentence
On slender stalks the yellow vetchling blooms, reaching ambitiously as tall as the lowest of the brambles.
Nature Near London | Richard JefferiesThe yellow vetchling had climbed up from the ditch and opened its flower, and there were young nuts on the hazel bough.
Round About a Great Estate | Richard JefferiesThis tendril curls round the stem of plants that are stronger than the Meadow vetchling, and they support it.
Flowers Shown to the Children | C. E. Smith
British Dictionary definitions for vetchling
/ (ˈvɛtʃlɪŋ) /
any of various leguminous tendril-climbing plants of the genus Lathyrus, esp L. pratensis (meadow vetchling), mainly of N temperate regions, having winged or angled stems and showy flowers: See also sweet pea
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