lespedezan.

Brit.

/lɛspəˈdiːzə/, U.S.

/ˌlɛspəˈdizə/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Lespedeza.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Lespedeza (A. Michaux Flora Boreali-Americana (1803) II. 70) < Lespedez , Michaux's apparently erroneous spelling (see note) 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 -a suffix¹.The error is reportedly based on a handwritten letter (granting Michaux permission to carry out research in the province), in which Céspedez signed his name with an initial Z, misread as L by Michaux.

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.Also called bush clover, Japan clover.

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lespedeza1811

Japan clover1884

1811 D. Hosack Hortus Elginensis (ed. 2) 33/2 (table) Lespedeza many spiked, trailing.

1878 Georgia Weekly Tel. 10 Sept. There was much discussion about the sudden spread of lespedeza or Japan clover over Middle Georgia.

1891 Garden & Forest 25 Feb. 88/2 A tall, bushy Lespedeza (L. Prainii) is a highly ornamental shrub some ten feet high, bearing large panicles of fine purple-blue flowers.

1929 W. Faulkner Sartoris ii. i. 58 I expect every spring to find corn or lespedeza coming up in the hyacinth beds.

1943 J. S. Huxley TVA vi. 45 Lespedeza and other legumes..bind soil and provide nitrates.

1965 W. E. Ripper & L. George Cotton Pests Sudan i. 6 Lespedezas, which come from China and Korea, are now widely used in the South East of the U.S.A. to renew worn out soil.

1989 Financial Times 7 Oct. (FT Weekend section) p. xiv It has been a marvellous year for the arching lespedeza, a semi-shrub of the pea family.

2004 Backwoods Home Mag. Jan. 20/2 Annual lespedeza furnishes excellent pasture for beef cattle.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lespedeza
释义	lespedezan. Brit. /lɛspəˈdiːzə/, U.S. /ˌlɛspəˈdizə/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Lespedeza. Etymology: < scientific Latin Lespedeza (A. Michaux Flora Boreali-Americana (1803) II. 70) < Lespedez , Michaux's apparently erroneous spelling (see note) 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 -a suffix¹.The error is reportedly based on a handwritten letter (granting Michaux permission to carry out research in the province), in which Céspedez signed his name with an initial Z, misread as L by Michaux. 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.Also called bush clover, Japan clover. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > lespedeza lespedeza1811 Japan clover1884 1811 D. Hosack Hortus Elginensis (ed. 2) 33/2 (table) Lespedeza many spiked, trailing. 1878 Georgia Weekly Tel. 10 Sept. There was much discussion about the sudden spread of lespedeza or Japan clover over Middle Georgia. 1891 Garden & Forest 25 Feb. 88/2 A tall, bushy Lespedeza (L. Prainii) is a highly ornamental shrub some ten feet high, bearing large panicles of fine purple-blue flowers. 1929 W. Faulkner Sartoris ii. i. 58 I expect every spring to find corn or lespedeza coming up in the hyacinth beds. 1943 J. S. Huxley TVA vi. 45 Lespedeza and other legumes..bind soil and provide nitrates. 1965 W. E. Ripper & L. George Cotton Pests Sudan i. 6 Lespedezas, which come from China and Korea, are now widely used in the South East of the U.S.A. to renew worn out soil. 1989 Financial Times 7 Oct. (FT Weekend section) p. xiv It has been a marvellous year for the arching lespedeza, a semi-shrub of the pea family. 2004 Backwoods Home Mag. Jan. 20/2 Annual lespedeza furnishes excellent pasture for beef cattle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1811
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