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Webster 1913 Edition
Amorpha
A-mor′pha
,Noun.
pl.
Amorphas
. [Gr. [GREEK] shapeless.]
(Bot.)
A genus of leguminous shrubs, having long clusters of purple flowers; false or bastard indigo.
Longfellow.
Webster 1828 Edition
Amorpha
AMORPH'A
,Noun.
False or bastard indigo. The plant is a native of Carolina, constituting a genus. It rises, with many irregular stems, to the height of twelve or fourteen feet; the leaves, beautifully pinnated, are of an admired green color, and its purple flowers grow in spikes of seven or eight inches long. Of this plant has been made a course kind of indigo.
Definition 2024
Amorpha
Amorpha
See also: amorpha
Translingual
Amorpha nana (family Faboideae)
Amorpha juglandis (family Sphingidae)
Proper noun
Amorpha f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – the false indigos, plants whose flowers lack the wing and keel petals typical of other members of the Faboideae.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Sphingidae – certain moths.
