noun
widely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often climbing herbs
• Syn: ↑Vicia
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae
• Member Meronyms:
↑vetch, ↑tare, ↑broad bean, ↑broad-bean, ↑broad-bean plant, ↑English bean, ↑European bean, ↑field bean, ↑Vicia faba, ↑hairy vetch, ↑hairy tare, ↑Vicia villosa
Useful english dictionary. 2012.