vetch

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any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers

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However, in some minor cases of mixed culture trials containing grass crops and vetches, the yield of the grass-vetch mixture often exceeded that of the pure grass stand (Carr et al., 2004; Dhima et al., 2007).
Rochester I, Peoples M (2005) Growing vetches (Vieia villosa Roth.) in irrigated cotton systems: inputs of fixed N, N fertiliser savings and cotton productivity.
(9) Toxicity of the milk vetches is primarily attributed to the nitro-compounds.