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noun
a fast-growing Chinese and Japanese climbing vine, Pueraria lobata, of the legume family, now widespread in the southern U.S., having tuberous, starchy roots and stems: used for fiber, as food and forage, and to prevent soil erosion.
Also called kud·zu.
Origin:
1900–05; < Japanese kuzu, earlier kudu, of uncertain origin
1900–05; < Japanese kuzu, earlier kudu, of uncertain origin
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Word Origin & History
kudzu
1893, from Jap. kuzu. Perennial climbing plant native to Japan and China, introduced in U.S. southeast as forage (1920s) and to stop soil erosion (1930s) and quickly got out of hand.
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