Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several herbs of the genus Lathyrus of the pea family, having pinnately compound leaves, slender tendrils, and variously colored flowers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, a name given loosely to plants of the genus Lathyrus. The meadow-vetchling is L. pratensis, a plant difficult to eradicate, but useful for forage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) Any small leguminous plant of the genus Lathyrus, especially
Lathyrus Nissolia .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
leguminous climbing plant, notably:
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various small plants of the genus Lathyrus; climb usually by means of tendrils
Etymologies
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Examples
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The symmetry of many plants is akin to the spirit of ancient peoples – woad, with leaves like roughly made arrow-heads; golden saxifrage, with its calix like a Roman urn; meadow-vetchling, with its curious stipules like spearheads locked in conflict.
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Meadow vetchling, and the tall meadow crowfoot, with rich yellow blooms and dainty leaves, are set off by the pinks of the clover and the crimson of stray sainfoin clusters.
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The 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 Jefferies 1867
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A yellow vetchling, too, is now opening its yellow petals beside the Long Ditton road: another summer flower, which comes in as the blue veronica is leaving the sward.
The Toilers of the Field Richard Jefferies 1867
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On slender stalks the yellow vetchling blooms, reaching ambitiously as tall as the lowest of the brambles.
Nature Near London Richard Jefferies 1867
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Corn-marigold was gay again in July, and the white blackberry blossoms came with crane's bill and flax, campion and willow-herb, speedwell and vetchling.
The Old Helmet 1864
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All this took place between mother and daughter whilst the Caliph stood upon the terrace-roof listening to their say, and presently he picked up a pebble the size of a vetchling [FN#163] and, setting it between his thumb and forefinger, jerked it at the wax candle which burned before the young lady and extinguished the light.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Corn-marigold was gay again in July, and the white blackberry blossoms came with crane's bill and flax, campion and willow-herb, speedwell and vetchling.
The Old Helmet, Volume II Susan Warner 1852
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