bush clover

bush clover

n. Any of various plants of the genus Lespedeza in the pea family, having compound leaves with three leaflets and variously 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 Stateslespedezagenus Lespedeza - genus of shrubs or herbs of tropical Asia and Australia and the eastern United Statesbicolor 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 birdsjap clover, japan clover, japanese clover, Lespedeza striata - an annual of tropical Asia naturalized in United StatesKorean lespedeza, Lespedeza stipulacea - annual native to Korea but widely cultivated for forage and hay in hot dry regionsLespedeza cuneata, Lespedeza sericea, sericea lespedeza - perennial widely planted as for forage and as hay crop especially on poor landligneous plant, woody plant - a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems