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Word: Lespedeza
Speech Type: Noun
early 19th century. From scientific Latin Lespedeza from Lespedez, Michaux's apparently erroneous spelling of the name of Vicente Manuel de Céspedes (d. 1794), governor of the Spanish province of East Florida (now part of the U.S. state of Florida) + -a
Any plant of the leguminous genus Lespedeza, comprising herbs and shrubs native to eastern North America, Asia, and Australia, and bearing clusters of white, pink, or purple flowers. Also (as a mass noun): plants of this genus used in the southern United States to provide fodder or control soil erosion.
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