Definition of Lespedezas

1. Noun. (plural of lespedeza) ¹

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Definition of Lespedezas

1. lespedeza [n] - See also: lespedeza

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lespedezas

lese-majesty
lese majeste
lese majesty
leses
lesion
lesional
lesioned
lesioning
lesionless
lesionlike
lesions
lesk
lesks
lesotho
lespedeza
lespedezas (current term)
lesquerolic acid
less
less'n
less(a)
less-traveled
less and less
less is more
less than
less than three
less than threed
less than threeing
less than threes
lessee
lessees

Literary usage of Lespedezas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"All lespedezas are of the easiest culture wherever hardy. ... A. Occidental or native lespedezas: of upright or erect habit, not showy: stipules and ..."

2. Ornamental Shrubs of the United States (hardy, Cultivated) by Austin Craig Apgar (1910)
"The lespedezas or BUSH ' CLOVERS ' are mainly herbaceous, but one species ... The lespedezas have alternate 3-bladed leaves, the end blade at some distance ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"A paper by KK MacKenzie and BF Bush, entitled, 'The lespedezas of Missouri,' was presented by title. Professor FL Solden delivered an address on the advance ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"The lespedezas of Missouri are reviewed by Mackenzie apd Bush in No. 2 of the current volume of Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis. ..."

5. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"The word is also applied to species of related genera, as Medicago. The sweet clover is Melilotus. Bush and Japan clover are lespedezas. ..."

6. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1906)
"Many White Mountain and high northern plants such as Aster radula, Ait., are common, while no such plants as the Black Raspberry, Desmo- diums or lespedezas ..."

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