English noun: Pueraria lobata | |||
1. | Pueraria lobata (plant) fast-growing vine from eastern Asia having tuberous starchy roots and hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers followed by long hairy pods containing many seeds; grown for fodder and forage and root starch; widespread in the southern United States | ||
Synonyms | kudzu, kudzu vine | ||
Broader (hypernym) | vine | ||
Member meronym | genus Pueraria, Pueraria | ||