amorpha (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *amorpha*:
NOUN	plant	amorpha	any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers

English > *amorpha*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers.
Member of	genus Amorpha	American herbs or shrubs usually growing in dry sunny habitats on prairies and hillsides
Narrower	false indigo, bastard indigo, Amorpha californica	An erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers
	false indigo, bastard indigo, Amorpha fruticosa	dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowers
	leadplant, lead plant, Amorpha canescens	shrub of sandy woodlands and stream banks of western United States having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers
Broader	shrub, bush	A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
Spanish	amorpha
Catalan	amorpha

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