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COMMON VETCHLING
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Scrambling perennial Eurasian wild pea having yellowish flowers and compressed seed pods; cultivated for forage
Synonyms:
common vetchling; Lathyrus pratensis; meadow pea; yellow vetchling
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Hypernyms ("common vetchling" is a kind of...):
wild pea (any of various plants of the family Leguminosae that usually grow like vines)
Holonyms ("common vetchling" is a member of...):
genus Lathyrus; Lathyrus (genus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and South America: vetchling; wild pea)