Meanings
nounbush vetch (usually uncountable, plural bush vetches)
plural bush vetches
- uncountableusuallyA leguminous climing plant with lilac or blue flowers that grows in hedgerows, grasslands and roadsides; Vicia sepium.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounEuropean purple-flowered with slender stems; occurs as a weed in hedges
Similar
Vicia sepium
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Dutch heggenwikke
- heggenwikkeVicia sepium
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APA
bush vetch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bush%20vetch
MLA
“bush vetch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bush%20vetch. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bush vetch,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bush%20vetch.
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