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lespedeza|lɛspɛˈdiːzə|
[mod.L. (A. Michaux Flora Boreali-Americana (1803) II. 70), blunderingly (by a misreading of the surname) f. the name of V. M. de Céspedez (fl. 1785), Spanish governor of East Florida.]
A herb or shrub of the genus so called, belonging to the family Leguminosæ, native to North America, Asia, or Australia, and bearing clusters of white, pink, or purple flowers; esp. a plant of this kind used in the southern United States as a hay or fodder crop; also called bush clover.
1891Garden & Forest 25 Feb. 88/2 A tall, bushy Lespedeza (L. Prainii) is a highly ornamental shrub some ten feet high, bearing large panicles of fine purple-blue flowers. 1900L. H. Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. II. 903/1 There are a number of native Lespedezas. 1929W. Faulkner Sartoris (1932) 5, I expect every spring to find corn or lespedeza coming up in the hyacinth beds. 1943J. S. Huxley TVA vi. 45 Lespedeza and other legumes..bind soil and provide nitrates. 1965Ripper & George Cotton Pests Sudan i. 6 Lespedezas, which come from China and Korea, are now widely used in the South East of the U.S.A. to renew worn out soil. 1975Country Life 13 Feb. 373/1 In the crops of shot birds we found..the seeds of beggar weed, wild peas and lespedeza. |