(n)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, Syn.kudzu vine, Pueraria lobata
(n)a soil that develops in temperate to cold moist climates under coniferous or heath vegetation; an organic mat over a grey leached layer, Syn.podsol, podzol soil, podsol soil, podsolic soil
(n)Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953), Syn.Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, Joseph Stalin
{ } n. [ OE. adese, adis, adse, AS. adesa, adese, ax, hatchet. ] A carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood. [ 1913 Webster ]
{ } n. (Zool.) The Chinese yellow antelope (Procapra gutturosa), a remarkably swift-footed animal, inhabiting the deserts of Central Asia, Tibet, and China. [ 1913 Webster ]
[甘孜, Gān zī, ㄍㄢ ㄗ]Garze or Kandze, Chinese Ganzi, capital of Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, formerly in Kham province of Tibet, present Sichuan#53717[Add to Longdo]
[あきのななくさ, akinonanakusa](n) (See 春の七草) seven autumnal flowers (bush clover, Chinese silvergrass, kudzu, fringed pink, golden lace, thoroughwort, and balloon flower)[Add to Longdo]