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kud′zu vine′
(kŏŏd′zo̅o̅),USA pronunciation
- Plant Biologya fast-growing Chinese and Japanese climbing vine, Pueraria lobata, of the legume family, now widespread in the southern U.S., having tuberous, starchy roots and stems: used for fiber, as food and forage, and to prevent soil erosion. Also called kud′zu.
- Japanese kuzu, earlier kudu, of uncertain origin, originally
- 1900–05