KUDZU VINE


Meaning of KUDZU VINE in English

/kood"zooh/

a fast-growing Chinese and Japanese climbing vine, Pueraria lobata, of the legume family, now widespread in the southern U.S., having tuberous, starchy roots and stems: used for fiber, as food and forage, and to prevent soil erosion. Also called kudzu .

[ 1900-05; kuzu, earlier kudu, of uncert. orig. ]

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