amorpha | (n) any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers |
genus amorpha | (n) American herbs or shrubs usually growing in dry sunny habitats on prairies and hillsides |
false indigo | (n) dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowers, Syn. Amorpha fruticosa, bastard indigo |
false indigo | (n) an erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers, Syn. bastard indigo, Amorpha californica |
leadplant | (n) shrub of sandy woodlands and stream banks of western United States having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers; thought to indicate the presence of lead ore, Syn. Amorpha canescens, lead plant |