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vetchling

/vech-ling/US // ˈvɛtʃ lɪŋ //UK // (ˈvɛtʃlɪŋ) //

蔓生植物,蔓藤植物,蔓草,蔓藤花

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of several slender, climbing plants belonging to the genus Lathyrus, of the legume family, similar to the vetch but having a winged or angular stem, as L. palustris, of North America.

Examples

  • On slender stalks the yellow vetchling blooms, reaching ambitiously as tall as the lowest of the brambles.

  • The yellow vetchling had climbed up from the ditch and opened its flower, and there were young nuts on the hazel bough.

  • This tendril curls round the stem of plants that are stronger than the Meadow Vetchling, and they support it.