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VETCH, the Corn, Wild, or Hairy Tare, Tine-tare, or Rough-podded Tare, Ervum hirsutum, L. an indigenous plant, growing in sandy corn-fields, hedges, and meadows, where it flowers in the month of June.—This vegetable is eaten by horses, cows, goats, and sheep; but it ought to be carefully eradicated; as, during wet seasons, whole crops of corn have been overpowered, and their growth completely stifled, by this pernicious weed.