japanese clover

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   an annual of tropical Asia naturalized in United States

   Synonymsjapan cloverjap cloverLespedeza striata

   Broaderbush clover

   Part ofgenus Lespedeza

Questions about japanese clover

What does japanese clover mean?

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

What is another word for japanese clover?

Close synonyms include japan 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 japanese clover a common word?

japanese 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.