Amorpha
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any species of the genus Amorpha of leguminous shrubs.
"Billowy bays of grass ever rolling in shadow and sunshine, Bright with luxuriant clusters of roses and purple amorphas"
- 2 any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers wordnet
Example
More examples"Billowy bays of grass ever rolling in shadow and sunshine, Bright with luxuriant clusters of roses and purple amorphas"
Etymology
From the genus name, Amorpha, from Ancient Greek ἄμορφος (ámorphos, “shapeless, deformed”), because the flowers have only one petal rather than the three of other genera in the subfamily Faboideae.
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