amorpha

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noun

Any species of the genus Amorpha of leguminous shrubs.

OriginAncient Greek ἄμορφος →
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Meanings

nounamorpha (plural amorphas)

plural amorphas

  1. Any species of the genus Amorpha of leguminous shrubs.

    Billowy bays of grass ever rolling in shadow and sunshine, Bright with luxuriant clusters of roses and purple amorphas

    1847 November 1, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie, Boston, Mass.: William D. Ticknor & Company, →OCLC, (please specify either |part=I or II)

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἄμορφος“shapeless, deformed”
  2. Englishamorpha

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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Translations

Finnish sulkapensas
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French faux-indigo, Amorpha
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German Amorpha
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Polish amorfa
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Russian амо́рфа
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Anagrams

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APA

amorpha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amorpha

MLA

“amorpha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amorpha. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amorpha,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amorpha.

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