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Shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States
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lespedeza
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States [syn: bush clover ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in 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
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) Any of many leguminous plants, of the genus ''Lespedeza'', including bush clover
Wikipedia
Word definitions in 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 ...
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.