tare

Definition

A vetch, or the seed of a vetch (genus Vicia, esp. Vicia sativa)

Etymology

From Middle English tare (“vetch”), from Old English *taru, from Proto-West Germanic *taru.

Example Sentences

• "But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way."
• "I saw as I thought an uncle and guardian who has led a sober, industrious and Christian life and finds himself obliged to look on the tares of folly in his own close kin."