Definition of amorpha Amorpha

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Noun

Plural: amorphas

amorpha - any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers
  shrub, bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
  genus amorpha American herbs or shrubs usually growing in dry sunny habitats on prairies and hillsides
  amorpha canescens, lead plant, leadplant shrub of sandy woodlands and stream banks of western United States having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers; thought to indicate the presence of lead ore
  amorpha californica, bastard indigo, false indigo East Indian shrub
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • amorpha (n.)
    A genus of leguminous shrubs, having long clusters of purple flowers; false or bastard indigo.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • amorpha
    a-mor′fa, n. a genus of North American shrubs of the bean family, the false indigoes or lead-plants—also bastard or wild indigo

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