deervetch
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Noun
deervetch (plural deervetches) (US)
- New World legumes in genera in tribe Loteae, family Fabaceae.
- Aeschynomene, especially Aeschynomene virginica.
- Synonyms: Virginia jointvetch, jointvetch
- Lotus gen. et spp.
- Synonym: birdsfoot trefoil
- Acmispon spp.
- Hosackia spp.
- Aeschynomene, especially Aeschynomene virginica.
Derived terms
- big deervetch (Hosackia crassifolia, syn. Lotus crassifolius)
- bird's-foot deervetch (Lotus corniculatus)
- common deervetch (Acmispon glaber)
- desert deervetch (Acmispon parviflorus, syn. Lotus micranthus)
- foothill deervetch (Acmispon brachycarpus, syn. Lotus humistratus)
- rush deervetch (Acmispon junceus, syn. Syrmatium junceum)
- shrubby deervetch (Ottleya rigida, syn. Lotus rigidus)
- Wright's deervetch (Ottleya wrightii, syn. Lotus wrightii)
