Lespedeza
- noun
- /ˌlɛspəˈdiːzə/
- Specialized
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lespedeza
- "They are raised to the transcendentally poetic level with the lespedeza flowers in their unpretentious beauty while the moon impartially illuminates good and bad, comely and ugly."
- Lespedeza clover
Examples
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The lespedeza plants provide excellent ground cover and improve soil quality.
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When Mr. Ballard and his guests shot birds, Black Amos took the wagon reins and unleashed the English setters that jolted to quivering points in the lespedeza.
Fiction book (1992) -
On my hike, I spotted beautiful lespedeza blooming along the trail.
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Farmers often plant lespedeza as part of crop rotation to enhance soil fertility.
Synonyms
A low shrub farmers grow for animal food and to improve soil
Compounds
A bush from Asia with bright purple flowers often grown to attract wild birds and stop soil from washing away
An annual plant from Korea that farmers grow for animal food in hot, dry places
- Specialized
A small Asian bush with bright purple flowers that people often plant to stop soil erosion and feed birds
- Specialized
A plant that lives for many years and is grown for animal feed and hay
- Specialized
A plant that lives for several years and is grown for animal feed and hay on poor soils
- Specialized
A plant that grows for one year and is grown for farm animal food and hay in dry places
- Specialized
A small annual plant from Asia that people grow to cover soil and feed farm animals
- Specialized
A plant that lives many years and is grown for hay and animal feed on poor soil
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Lespedeza is said to be named after the Spanish governor Céspedes, who was linked to early plant collecting in Florida. A helpful way to remember it is to think of Lespedeza as 'Céspedes' clover, because these plants are small shrubs like clover and are now called bush clover.
