kidney vetch

1. 1.

   perennial Eurasian herb having heads of red or yellow flowers and common in meadows and pastures; formerly used medicinally for kidney disorders

   SynonymsAnthyllis vulneraria

   Broaderherb

   Part ofAnthyllis

Questions about kidney vetch

What does kidney vetch mean?

kidney vetch means "perennial Eurasian herb having heads of red or yellow flowers and common in meadows and pastures; formerly used medicinally for kidney disorders".

What is another word for kidney vetch?

Close synonyms include Anthyllis vulneraria. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is kidney vetch a common word?

kidney vetch is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.