ervil

[ ur-vil ]

noun
  1. a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.

Origin of ervil

1
First recorded in 1545–55; from Latin ervilia, akin to ervum “bitter vetch”; probably of non-Indo-European origin
  • Also called ers.

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