noun
- a climbing or trailing plant of the pea family, often grown as fodder for livestock or as a cover crop
Examples
- The farmer planted vetch to improve the soil’s nitrogen content.
- Wild vetch grew along the fence line.
- Hairy vetch is commonly used as a winter cover crop.
- The cattle grazed on a mixture of grass and vetch.
- Purple vetch flowers bloomed in the meadow.
- Crown vetch helps prevent soil erosion on steep slopes.