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Noun: kudzu  kúd-zoo or 'kûd,zoo
  1. 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
    - kudzu vine, Pueraria lobata

Derived forms: kudzus

Type of: vine

Part of: genus Pueraria, Pueraria

Encyclopedia: Kudzu