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grass vetch

grass vetch

9.6
A small annual plant with red flowers like peas that grows in grassy fields
  • noun
  • UK
translation icon : veza de pasto
  • The field was scattered with blooming grass vetch, adding a splash of red to the landscape.

Examples

  • Farmers sometimes plant grass vetch as a cover crop to improve soil quality.

  • The grass vetch blooms beautifully in spring.

  • Botanists identified the rare grass vetch during their survey of the meadow.

  • Have you seen the grass vetch around here?

  • The field was scattered with blooming grass vetch, adding a splash of red to the landscape.

  • Farmers sometimes plant grass vetch as a cover crop to improve soil quality.

  • Botanists identified the rare grass vetch during their survey of the meadow.

Synonyms

Lathyrus nissolia
vsgrass vetch
  • Specialized
9.9

A small European field plant with red flowers that looks like grass

is the everyday English name rather than the formal Latin term
grass vetchling
vsgrass vetch
  • UK
9.9

A small European plant that lives for one year with narrow leaves and pink or red flowers

focuses on grassy habitat rather than leaf shape or extra flower colors

Surface Forms

grass vetch singular
grass vetches plural

Morphology

grass + vetch

The compound 'grass vetch' is a straightforward noun-noun composition where 'grass' modifies 'vetch', indicating a type of vetch associated with grassy areas. This compositional pattern is transparent and predictable (a vetch that grows in/among grass), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Grass vetch is a name that describes a vetch plant that grows among grass. The name links grass (where it grows) and vetch (the kind of plant), so it means 'a vetch that grows in grassy places'.