- vetch - any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers; includes valuable forage and soil-building plants
--1 is a kind of legume, leguminous plant
--1 is a member of Vicia, genus Vicia
--1 has particulars:tare; tufted vetch, bird vetch, Calnada pea, Vicia cracca; bitter betch, Vicia orobus; spring vetch, Vicia sativa; bush vetch, Vicia sepium