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
- : 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.
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