Amorpha (redirected from Amorpha fruiticosa)

A`mor´pha

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

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amorpha - any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers 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 - an erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers Amorpha fruticosa, bastard indigo, false indigo - dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowers bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems