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bitter vetch

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A plant with bitter, lentil-like seeds that are edible with special processing, but are now mostly fed to livestock, Vicia ervilia.

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Usage: uncountable, usually

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noun

Meaning 2

A heath pea (Lathyrus linifolius)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Across languages

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27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كَرْسَنَّة (karsanna) — Vicia ervilia
  • Armenian: քուռուշնա (kʻuṙušna) — Vicia ervilia
  • Catalan: er — Vicia ervilia
  • Catalan: erb — Vicia ervilia
  • Finnish: linssivirna — Vicia ervilia
  • Finnish: linssivirvilä — Vicia ervilia
  • French: ers — Vicia ervilia
  • Georgian: უგრეხელი (ugrexeli) — Vicia ervilia
  • Georgian: ქვიშნა (kvišna) — Vicia ervilia
  • German: Linsenwicke — Vicia ervilia
  • Ancient Greek: ὄροβος (órobos) — Vicia ervilia
  • Italian: ervo — Vicia ervilia
  • Italian: mochi — Vicia ervilia
  • Italian: girlo — Vicia ervilia
  • Latin: ervum — Vicia ervilia
  • Macedonian: у́ров (úrov) — Vicia ervilia
  • Mingrelian: ქვიშნა (kvišna) — Vicia ervilia
  • Occitan: ers — Vicia ervilia
  • Portuguese: ervilha-de-pombo — Vicia ervilia
  • Portuguese: órobo — Vicia ervilia
  • Portuguese: gero — Vicia ervilia
  • Russian: горо́шек чёткообразный (goróšek čótkoobraznyj) — Vicia ervilia
  • Spanish: alcarceña — Vicia ervilia
  • Spanish: yero — Vicia ervilia
  • Swedish: linsvicker — Vicia ervilia
  • Turkish: burçak — Vicia ervilia
  • Turkish: küşne — Vicia ervilia