lespedeza

Other forms of lespedeza

plural

lespedezas·

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 lespedeza

What does lespedeza mean?

lespedeza means "shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States".

How many syllables are in lespedeza?

lespedeza has 4 syllables: le-spe-de-za. The stress falls on "spe".

What is another word for lespedeza?

Close synonyms include bush clover. 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 lespedeza a common word?

lespedeza 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.