Lexic.us

Definition of Kidney vetch

1. Noun. Perennial Eurasian herb having heads of red or yellow flowers and common in meadows and pastures; formerly used medicinally for kidney disorders.

Definition of Kidney vetch

1. Noun. ''Anthyllis vulneraria'', a medical plant in the pea family ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Kidney Vetch

Literary usage of Kidney vetch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"kidney vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria) is native to much of temperate Europe, ... kidney vetch is most important on sandy and calcareous soils in North Germany ..."

2. The Forage and Fiber Crops in America by Thomas Forsyth Hunt (1907)
"X. kidney vetch 252. kidney vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria L.) is a perennial, having erect or spreading stems 8 to 16 inches long with comparatively little ..."

3. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Perennials by Loudon (Jane) (1843)
"The common kidney vetch is well known as a pretty little British plant, ... It is very nearly allied to the common kidney vetch of Britain, but it differs ..."

4. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1812)
"Four-leaved Anthyllis, or Kidney-vetch. Nat. of the South of Europe. Cult. ... Common scarlet Kidney-vetch. Nat. of Britain. Fl . May—August. ..."

5. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"kidney vetch is, however, rarely sown alone but in mixtures, ... Both as pasturage and as hay, kidney vetch is more readily eaten by sheep than by other ..."

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