japan clover

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   an annual of tropical Asia naturalized in United States

   Synonymsjapanese cloverjap cloverLespedeza striata

   Broaderbush clover

   Part ofgenus Lespedeza

Questions about japan clover

What does japan clover mean?

japan clover means "an annual of tropical Asia naturalized in United States".

What is another word for japan clover?

Close synonyms include japanese clover, jap clover, Lespedeza striata. 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 japan clover a common word?

japan clover 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.