By 2020, droughts and other extreme weather will be commonplace. By 2040, the Sahara will be moving into Europe, and Berlin will be as hot as Baghdad. Atlanta will end up a kudzu jungle.
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Kudzu
//ˈkʊd.zuː//
Synonyms for "kudzu" (10 found)
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13 translations across 9 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 葛 noun (an Asian vine)
- 葛粉 noun (starch)
Esperanto
1 entries- kudzuo noun (an Asian vine)
German
1 entries- Kudzu noun (an Asian vine)
Japanese
1 entries- 葛 noun (an Asian vine)
Korean
2 entries- 갈분 noun (starch)
- 칡가루 noun (starch)
Portuguese
1 entries- kudzu noun (an Asian vine)
Russian
3 entries- ку́дзу noun (an Asian vine)
- кудзу́ noun (an Asian vine)
- пуэра́рия noun (an Asian vine)
Spanish
1 entries- kuzu noun (an Asian vine)
Tày
1 entries- thau cát noun (an Asian vine)
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Walled off communities, private jets, private security details are spreading like kudzu around the world.
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All the author’s familiar trademarks are here: […] shaggy-dog plotlines sprouting everywhere, like kudzu; […]
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Kudzu is available in natural food stores and Oriental markets; it is often sold in lumps that must be crushed in a mortar before measuring.
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