tufted vetch
- noun
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veza de flecos
- The meadows were dotted with bright clusters of tufted vetch among the tall grasses.
Examples
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The gardener planted tufted vetch to attract bees and butterflies to the plot.
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Hikers admired the climbing stems of tufted vetch weaving through the hedgerows.
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The tufted vetch blooms beautifully in late spring.
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Many gardeners appreciate tufted vetch for its vibrant flowers.
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The meadows were dotted with bright clusters of tufted vetch among the tall grasses.
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The gardener planted tufted vetch to attract bees and butterflies to the plot.
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Hikers admired the climbing stems of tufted vetch weaving through the hedgerows.
Synonyms
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9.7
A climbing plant like a pea with small flowers used to feed animals and improve soil
A common climbing plant that lives many years and has purple flower clusters
A climbing plant with dense groups of purple-blue flowers often found in fields and gardens
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from 'tufted' (forming dense tufts or clumps) modifying 'vetch' (a climbing plant), so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a vetch that grows in tufts or dense clusters. This adjective+noun botanical composition follows common compositional patterns and is cross-linguistically predictable, making it accessible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Tufted vetch comes from the way it looks: it has many small clumps or tufts of bluish-purple flowers on long climbing stems. 'Vetch' is an old name for a climbing pea, so the name means a 'climbing plant with tufts of flowers'.