Definition of "vicia" []

• A genus of leguminous plants, the vetches, of the suborder Papilionaceæ, type of the tribe Vicieæ. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "In Peru, habas are broad beans, also known as fava beans, or in Latin, vicia faba."
• ""perseveres in his purpose until he is victorious: for the ancients called 'vicia' what we call victory.""
• "Nihil profectò, nisi secura ridendi et contemnendi gentem pauperem et ignotam, licentia, et si quæ sunt huic vicia confinia."