amorpha

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amorpha - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Amorpha \A*mor"pha\, n.; pl. Amorphas. [Gr. ? shapeless.]
     (Bot.)
     A genus of leguminous shrubs, having long clusters of purple
     flowers; false or bastard indigo. --Longfellow.
     [1913 Webster]

amorpha - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  amorpha
      n 1: any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves
           and purplish spicate flowers