bush clover

bush clover

n.

Any of various plants of the genus Lespedeza in the pea family, having compound leaves with three leaflets and various colored flowers and often grown for forage, soil improvement, erosion control, or ornament. Also called lespedeza.

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bush clover - shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States lespedeza genus Lespedeza - genus of shrubs or herbs of tropical Asia and Australia and the eastern United States bicolor lespediza, ezo-yama-hagi, Lespedeza bicolor - Asian shrub having conspicuous racemose rose-purple flowers widely used as an ornamental and in erosion control and as a source of feed for wild birds jap clover, japan clover, japanese clover, Lespedeza striata - an annual of tropical Asia naturalized in United States Korean lespedeza, Lespedeza stipulacea - annual native to Korea but widely cultivated for forage and hay in hot dry regions Lespedeza cuneata, Lespedeza sericea, sericea lespedeza - perennial widely planted as for forage and as hay crop especially on poor land ligneous plant, woody plant - a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems