A plant of the vetch family (genus Securigera), grown for animal feed or agricultural purposes.
Compound of 'axe' or 'ax' (possibly from Old English) + 'fetch' (an old word for vetch). The etymology is uncertain and may involve a corruption of plant names.
This is one of those ancient plant names that farmers used for centuries but almost nobody remembers today—it's a linguistic fossil!
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