Tare, n.
 1. A weed that grows among wheat and other grain; -- alleged by modern naturalists to be the Lolium temulentum, or darnel.
    Didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From whence then hath it tares?   --Matt. xiii. 27.
    The =\“darnel” is said to be the tares of Scripture, and is the only deleterious species belonging to the whole order.\=   --Baird.
 2. Bot. A name of several climbing or diffuse leguminous herbs of the genus Vicia; especially, the Vicia sativa, sometimes grown for fodder.


 Vetch n.  Bot. Any leguminous plant of the genus Vicia, some species of which are valuable for fodder. The common species is Vicia sativa.
 Note: ☞ The name is also applied to many other leguminous plants of different genera; as the chichling vetch, of the genus Lathyrus; the horse vetch, of the genus Hippocrepis; the kidney vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria); the milk vetch, of the genus Astragalus; the licorice vetch, or wild licorice (Abrus precatorius).

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 Vic·ine n. Chem. An alkaloid extracted from the seeds of the vetch (Vicia sativa) as a white crystalline substance.

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 Vicia sativa
      n : herbaceous climbing plant valuable as fodder and for
          soil-building [syn: spring vetch]