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  • n  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

  • In 1699 a natural historian named John Woodward grew spearmint, potatoes and vetch in water from springs and rivers.
  • For salads, shopping lists may include some attractive exotic entries: lovage, hyssop, yarrow, vetch, pansies, nasturtiums, fava bean blossoms and shepherd's purse.
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  • Sheriff
    Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responded at 9:42 p.m. Wednesday to an accident in Lockridge. Karen Lynn Iseman, 50, of Brighton, was driving a 2003 Buick Century north on Vetch Boulevard near 190th Street and hit a cow in the road. Stanley Unkrich’s heifer was valued at $1,500. Iseman’s Buick had an estimated $4,000 in damages.
    Aug. 30, 2013 - The Fairfield Ledger

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