amorpha

Definitions of amorpha

1. noun

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

   Amorpha canescens, lead plant, leadplant

   shrub of sandy woodlands and stream banks of western United States having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers; thought to indicate the presence of lead ore

   Amorpha californica, bastard indigo, false indigo

   an erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers

   Amorpha fruticosa, bastard indigo, false indigo

   dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowers

   type of:

   bush, shrub

   a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems