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Definition of Lespedeza
1. Noun. Shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States.
Group relationships: Genus Lespedeza
Specialized synonyms: Bicolor Lespediza, Ezo-yama-hagi, Lespedeza Bicolor, Jap Clover, Japan Clover, Japanese Clover, Lespedeza Striata, Korean Lespedeza, Lespedeza Stipulacea, Lespedeza Cuneata, Lespedeza Sericea, Sericea Lespedeza
Generic synonyms: Ligneous Plant, Woody Plant
Definition of Lespedeza
1. Noun. (botany) Any of many leguminous plants, of the genus ''Lespedeza'', including bush clover ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lespedeza
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lespedeza
Literary usage of Lespedeza
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"Additional references to literature are given there. lespedeza. ... lespedeza,
or Japan clover, as it is more commonly known, is supposed to have been ..."
2. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"lespedeza or Japan clover is a native of eastern Asia, occurring in Japan, Korea,
Manchuria, Mongolia and China. It is a summer annual with reddish, ..."
3. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"lespedeza or Japan clover is a native of eastern Asia, occurring in Japan, Korea,
Manchuria, Mongolia and China. It is a summer annual with reddish, ..."
4. Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and by Francis Peyre Porcher (1869)
"Mr. E. having ascertained that it was a lespedeza has recently obtained the
specific name from Prof. Gray, and the former, in an article written in the ..."
5. Meadows and Pastures by Joseph Elwyn Wing (1911)
"nearly so large an area as does lespedeza, but where it has been planted one
finds the Bermuda and lespedeza growing together, and this makes a better ..."
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