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LESPEDEZA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States
Synonyms:
bush clover; lespedeza
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lespedeza" is a kind of...):
ligneous plant; woody plant (a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lespedeza"):
bicolor lespediza; ezo-yama-hagi; Lespedeza bicolor (Asian shrub having conspicuous racemose rose-purple flowers widely used as an ornamental and in erosion control and as a source of feed for wild birds)
jap clover; japan clover; japanese clover; Lespedeza striata (an annual of tropical Asia naturalized in United States)
Korean lespedeza; Lespedeza stipulacea (annual native to Korea but widely cultivated for forage and hay in hot dry regions)
Lespedeza cuneata; Lespedeza sericea; sericea lespedeza (perennial widely planted as for forage and as hay crop especially on poor land)
Holonyms ("lespedeza" is a member of...):
genus Lespedeza (genus of shrubs or herbs of tropical Asia and Australia and the eastern United States)
