deervetch

English

Alternative forms

• deer vetch, deer-vetch

Etymology

From deer +‎ vetch.

Noun

deervetch (plural deervetches) (US)

1. New World legumes in genera in tribe Loteae, family Fabaceae.
   1. Aeschynomene, especially Aeschynomene virginica.

      Synonyms: Virginia jointvetch, jointvetch

   2. Lotus gen. et spp.

      Synonym: birdsfoot trefoil

   3. Acmispon
   4. Hosackia

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)

References

• “deervetch”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• deervetch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• deervetch at USDA Plants database