Vicia orobus
— Noun
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~ European perennial toxic vetch
Vicia faba
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~ Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder
Vicia sepium
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~ European purple-flowered with slender stems; occurs as a weed in hedges
genus Vicia
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~ widely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often climbing herbs
Onobrychis viciaefolia
— Noun
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~ Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods; naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils; important forage crop and source of honey in Britain
Onobrychis viciifolia
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~ Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods; naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils; important forage crop and source of honey in Britain
Calliphora vicina
— Noun
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~ blowfly with iridescent blue body; makes a loud buzzing noise in flight
vicinity
— Noun
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~ a surrounding or nearby region; "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods"
vicious cycle
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~ one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first
vicious circle
— Noun
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~ an argument that assumes that which is to be proved
vicious circle
— Noun
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~ one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first
viciousness
— Noun
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~ the trait of extreme cruelty
vicissitude
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~ a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something; "the project was subject to the usual vicissitudes of exploratory research"
vicissitude
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~ mutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another)
Vicksburg
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~ a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered
vicksburg
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~ a town in western Mississippi on bluffs above the Mississippi River to the west of Jackson; focus of an important campaign during the American Civil War as the Union fought to control the Mississippi River and so to cut the Confederacy into two halves
siege of Vicksburg
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~ a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered
Vicomte de Chateaubriand
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~ French statesman and writer; considered a precursor of the romantic movement in France (1768-1848)