Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of leguminous plants, the vetches, of the suborder Papilionaceæ, type of the tribe Vicieæ.
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- noun widely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often climbing herbs
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Examples
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In Peru, habas are broad beans, also known as fava beans, or in Latin, vicia faba.
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"perseveres in his purpose until he is victorious: for the ancients called 'vicia' what we call victory."
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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Nihil profect�, nisi secura ridendi et contemnendi gentem pauperem et ignotam, licentia, et si qu� sunt huic vicia confinia.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Nihil profectò, nisi secura ridendi et contemnendi gentem pauperem et ignotam, licentia, et si quæ sunt huic vicia confinia.
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Evaluation of the biological activity of flax as a trap crop against orobanche parasitism of vicia faba. 11.
1. Designing integrated pest management for sustainable and productive futures. 1992
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Evaluation of the biological activity of flax as a trap crop against orobanche parasitism of vicia faba.
1. Designing integrated pest management for sustainable and productive futures. 1992
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"The grain was shown to some botanists, who did not immediately recognize it, but thought it to be either a spartium or a vicia."
The Book of the Damned Charles Fort
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Hippocrates, the father of medicine, described crude contraceptives as early as the fifth century B.C., writing, If a woman does not wish to become pregnant, give to her in a drink of water moistened copper ore in the amount of a vicia bean, and
Slate Articles Will Oremus 2012
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