kudzu

fast-growing vine from eastern Asia having tuberous starchy roots and hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers followed by long hairy pods containing many seeds; grown for fodder and forage and root starch; widespread in the southern United States

塊状のデンプン質の根、毛の生えた三出複葉、紫色の花の総状花序を持ち、多数の種子を含む毛深い長い莢をつける東アジア原産の成長の早いつる植物；飼料や根のデンプン用に栽培され、米国南部に広く分布する