amorpha californica

1. 1.

   an erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers

   Synonymsfalse indigobastard indigo

   Broaderamorpha

Questions about amorpha californica

What does amorpha californica mean?

amorpha californica means "an erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers".

What is another word for amorpha californica?

Close synonyms include false indigo, bastard indigo. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is amorpha californica a common word?

amorpha californica is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.