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单词 kudzu
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Definition of kudzu in English:

kudzu

(also kudzu vine)
noun ˈkʊdzuːˈko͝odzo͞o
  • A quick-growing East Asian climbing plant with reddish-purple flowers, used as a fodder crop and for erosion control.

    野葛

    Pueraria lobata, family Leguminosae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Multiflora rose, kudzu, and oriental bittersweet are substantially less abundant in the coastal plain, where agriculture is extensively practiced.
    • Being from Alabama, I could understand spending $10 million to stop the spread of the evil kudzu that is consuming the entire state.
    • As for nonnative plant invaders, among the most infamous is kudzu, a fast-growing vine first introduced to the U.S. from Japan in the 1870s.
    • Other kudzu entrepreneurs make sculptures, bales for animal feed, kudzu cookbooks, kudzu soaps, and kudzu dyes for t-shirts.
    • Kate Peyser checked on the kudzu vine near the Scarsdale Railway Station.
    • But beyond the city limits, where the kudzu creeps over buildings and trees, the mood can turn darker.
    • An extract from the root of the notorious creeping vine, kudzu, may also prove helpful.
    • Michael and I spent two days, sometimes on hands and knees, in a chigger-infested jungle of pine and kudzu seeking vestiges of the Gudger shack.
    • Of course, a plant could have too many survival skills - look at kudzu here in the South, for example.
    • The scrub that borders the tracks is overgrown with kudzu, an imported plant that strangles the natives.
    • During 1998, kudzu was included by legislators in the United States Congress on a growing list of invasive, exotic plants recognized under the Federal Noxious Weed Law.
    • In addition, kudzu ranked second-highest in terms of its potential impact on natural systems, because it is capable of overgrowing and decimating mature stands of trees.
    • While in college, Manning, now 35, interned at a national park, where he noticed that kudzu and other nuisance plants were choking out native species.
    • A fungus from the sicklepod plant, Arabis canadensis, found in the south-eastern United States, effectively controls kudzu.
    • If I made baskets with all the kudzu in the South, everyone would have a hundred baskets.
    • Baskin points to Asian long-horned beetles, kudzu, zebra mussels, West Nile virus, spotted knapweed, and caulerpa seaweed as just a few culprits.
    • Between them, live-oaks and kudzu grow in humped green walls.
    • This is a lesson that Southern farmers would have done well to remember when they were planting kudzu in the thirties.
    • There, kudzu grows like a pole bean on steroids.
    • Therefore, for the query regarding competitive ability, we answered ‘unknown’ for all species except kudzu.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Japanese kuzu.

Definition of kudzu in US English:

kudzu

(also kudzu vine)
nounˈko͝odzo͞o
  • A quick-growing eastern Asian climbing plant with reddish-purple flowers, used as a fodder crop and for erosion control. It has become a pest in the southeastern US.

    野葛

    Pueraria lobata, family Leguminosae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Baskin points to Asian long-horned beetles, kudzu, zebra mussels, West Nile virus, spotted knapweed, and caulerpa seaweed as just a few culprits.
    • If I made baskets with all the kudzu in the South, everyone would have a hundred baskets.
    • Therefore, for the query regarding competitive ability, we answered ‘unknown’ for all species except kudzu.
    • As for nonnative plant invaders, among the most infamous is kudzu, a fast-growing vine first introduced to the U.S. from Japan in the 1870s.
    • But beyond the city limits, where the kudzu creeps over buildings and trees, the mood can turn darker.
    • Of course, a plant could have too many survival skills - look at kudzu here in the South, for example.
    • Between them, live-oaks and kudzu grow in humped green walls.
    • The scrub that borders the tracks is overgrown with kudzu, an imported plant that strangles the natives.
    • Kate Peyser checked on the kudzu vine near the Scarsdale Railway Station.
    • Michael and I spent two days, sometimes on hands and knees, in a chigger-infested jungle of pine and kudzu seeking vestiges of the Gudger shack.
    • While in college, Manning, now 35, interned at a national park, where he noticed that kudzu and other nuisance plants were choking out native species.
    • This is a lesson that Southern farmers would have done well to remember when they were planting kudzu in the thirties.
    • During 1998, kudzu was included by legislators in the United States Congress on a growing list of invasive, exotic plants recognized under the Federal Noxious Weed Law.
    • A fungus from the sicklepod plant, Arabis canadensis, found in the south-eastern United States, effectively controls kudzu.
    • Being from Alabama, I could understand spending $10 million to stop the spread of the evil kudzu that is consuming the entire state.
    • An extract from the root of the notorious creeping vine, kudzu, may also prove helpful.
    • Other kudzu entrepreneurs make sculptures, bales for animal feed, kudzu cookbooks, kudzu soaps, and kudzu dyes for t-shirts.
    • There, kudzu grows like a pole bean on steroids.
    • In addition, kudzu ranked second-highest in terms of its potential impact on natural systems, because it is capable of overgrowing and decimating mature stands of trees.
    • Multiflora rose, kudzu, and oriental bittersweet are substantially less abundant in the coastal plain, where agriculture is extensively practiced.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Japanese kuzu.

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