amorpha

1. 1.

   any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers

   Broadershrub

   Narrowerleadplantfalse indigo

   Part ofgenus Amorpha

Other forms of amorpha

plural

amorphas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about amorpha

What does amorpha mean?

amorpha means "any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers".

How many syllables are in amorpha?

amorpha has 3 syllables: a-mor-pha. The stress falls on "a".

Is amorpha a common word?

amorpha is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.