Crossword clues for lespedeza
The Collaborative International Dictionary
lespedeza \lespedeza\ n. Any shrubby or herbaceous plant of the genus Lespedeza, widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in the Southern U.S.
Syn: bush clover.
Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) Any of many leguminous plants, of the genus ''Lespedeza'', including bush clover
WordNet
n. shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States [syn: bush clover]
Wikipedia
Lespedeza is a genus of some 40 species (including nothospecies) of flowering plants in the pea family (Fabaceae), commonly known as bush clovers or (particularly East Asian species) Japanese clovers (hagi). The genus is native to warm temperate to subtropical regions of eastern North America, eastern and southern Asia and Australasia.
These shrubby plants or trailing vines belong to the "typical" legumes ( Faboideae), with the peas and beans, though they are part of another tribe, the Desmodieae. Therein, they are treated as type genus of the smaller subtribe Lespedezinae, which unites the present genus and its presumed closest relatives, Campylotropis and Kummerowia.
Usage examples of "lespedeza".
Miyagi is the name of a field which is famous for the Hagi or Lespedeza, a small and pretty shrub, which blooms in the Autumn.
Together with the wistaria, the lotus, the iris, the lespedeza, and a few others, these take the place which is occupied in the West by the rose, the lily, the violet, etc.