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kudzu
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun kudzu has 1 sense
- kudzu(n = noun.plant) kudzu vine, pueraria lobata - fast-growing vine from eastern Asia having tuberous starchy roots and hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers followed by long hairy pods containing many seeds; grown for fodder and forage and root starch; widespread in the southern United States; Array is a member of genus pueraria, pueraria
is a kind of vine
OXFORD DICTIONARY
kudzu, n. (in full kudzu vine) a quick-growing climbing plant, Pueraria thunbergiana, with reddish-purple flowers.
Etymology
Jap. kuzu
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