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les·pe·de·za
\ˌlespəˈdēzə\ noun
Etymology: New Latin, irregular (by misreading of the surname) from V. M. de Zespedes fl1785 Spanish governor of East Florida
1. capitalized : a genus of herbaceous or shrubby plants (family Leguminosae) having exstipulate leaves, often both apetalous fertile and papilionaceous sterile flowers, and one-jointed one-seeded pods covered by the calyx, some members of which are widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in the southern U.S. — see bicolor lespedeza, korean lespedeza, sericea lespedeza
2. -s : any plant of the genus Lespedeza |