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Definition of Tufted vetch
1. Noun. Common perennial climber of temperate regions of Eurasia and North America having dense elongate clusters of flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tufted Vetch
Literary usage of Tufted vetch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gardeners Dictionaryby Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"Hoary Kaltem tufted Vetch, with a very narrow Leaf. 21. ... Prcd. Shrubby tufted
Vetch, with PoJ* like Lentils. 26. ..."
2. The History of the County of Dublin by John D'Alton (1838)
"Among the furze, tormentilla offici- nalis, common tormentil; vicia cracca, tufted
vetch ; and on the old walls, poh/podium vulgare, common polypody ..."
3. The Farmer's Encyclopædia, and Dictionary of Rural Affairs: Embracing All by Cuthbert William Johnson (1844)
"There are in Britain 10 indigenous species of vetch, the principal of which are
the tufted vetch, wood vetch, common vetch, and bush vetch. ..."
4. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1847)
"There are, it is said, no les» than ten species of vetch indigenous to Britain,
and one of these, the tufted vetch, is believed to be indigenous to the ..."
5. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1900)
"The tufted vetch, also called Oow vetch, Blue vetch, Bird vetch, ... In each of
the two years that we have tested the tufted vetch in our plots it ha» grown ..."