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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name popularly applied to two kinds of leguminous plants: to Ervum Ervilia, a lentil cultivated for fodder; and
- noun to all the species of the genus Orobus, now included in the genus Lathyrus. Common bitter-vetch is L. macrorrhizus.
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