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amorpha

uncommon

noun

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any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers

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From the genus name, Amorpha, from Ancient Greek ἄμορφος (ámorphos, “shapeless, deformed”), because the flowers have only one petal rather than the three of other genera in the subfamily Faboideae.

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