Definition of Hairy tare

1. Noun. European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops.

Exact synonyms: Hairy Vetch, Vicia Villosa
Group relationships: Genus Vicia, Vicia
Generic synonyms: Tare

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hairy Tare

hairy cell leukaemia
hairy cells
hairy darling pea
hairy eyeball
hairy golden aster
hairy heart
hairy honeysuckle
hairy leukoplakia
hairy lip fern
hairy mole
hairy root
hairy root culture
hairy spurge
hairy tare (current term)
hairy tongue
hairy vetch
hairy willowherb
hairy wood mint
hairytail mole
hairytail moles
haitch
haitches
haith
haiti
haitic
haiweeite
haj
hajduk

Literary usage of Hairy tare

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants by William Withering, William Macgillivray (1837)
"hairy tare. Clusters many-flowered : legumes hairy, smooth : flowers whitish or pale blue. Annual: flowers in June and July ; grows in fields and hedges ..."

2. A Manual of Weeds: With Descriptions of All the Most Pernicious and by Ada Eljiva Georgia (1914)
"Other English names: Winter Vetch, hairy tare. Introduced. Annual or biennial. Propagates by seeds. Time of bloom: May to September. ..."

3. Plants of the Holy Land: With Their Fruits and Flowers, Beautifully by Henry Stafford Osborn (1861)
"The hairy tare, or hirsutum, has been known to overgrow the wheat-crop and entirely destroy it. ..."

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