| 释义 |
kudzu|ˈkʊdzuː|
[Jap. kuzu.]
In full, kudzu vine. A perennial climbing plant, Pueraria thunbergiana (or P. lobata), of the family Leguminosæ, native to China and Japan, and cultivated elsewhere as a fodder plant, an ornamental, or an aid in the prevention of soil erosion.
1893Garden & Forest VI. 504/2 In Japan the Kudzu..has some economic value. 1901L. H. Bailey Cycl. Amer. Hort. III. 1465/2 Kudzu Vine. Perennial with large tuberous starchy roots..fl[ower]s pea-shaped, purple, in axillary spikes late in the season, not showy: pod large and flat. 1948Atlantic Monthly Nov. 60/1 Kudzu, a coarse, rapidly growing legume of incredible efficiency in checking gullies, restoring drainage, and storing nitrogen, came from Japan. 1951Dict. Gardening (Roy. Hort. Soc.) IV. 1713/2 P[ueraria] lobata. Kudzu Vine. Climber with twining, scarcely woody stems growing many feet long in a season; roots thick, fleshy, starchy. 1973Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 1 Apr. 24/5 The Kudzu vine..is probably the fastest growing of all the perennial vines, making as much as ten feet the first year from seed, and capable of making annual growth of 30 feet or more. 1974A. Dillard Pilgrim at Tinker Creek xii. 212 In summer that path is wrapped past finding in saplings, bushes, kudzu, and poison oak. |