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(1)fast-growing vine from eastern Asia having tuberous starchy roots and hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers followed by long hairy pods containing many seeds; grown for fodder and forage and root starch; widespread in the southern United States

(2)塊茎のあるでんぷん質の根、有毛な三つ葉、多くの種を含む有毛なさやに続く紫色の花の総状花序がある東部アジアからの成長の早いつる

(3)まぐさ、飼い葉、および根のでんぷんを目的に育てられる

(4)米国南部に広く分布する