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amorpha

amorpha noun: any species of the genus Amorpha of leguminous shrubs.

amorpha: any species of the genus Amorpha of leguminous shrubs
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Noun

amorpha (plural amorphas)

  1. Any species of the genus Amorpha of leguminous shrubs.
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Forms of amorpha

pluralamorphas

Origin of amorpha

From the genus name, Amorpha, from Ancient Greek ἄμορφος (ámorphos, “shapeless, deformed”), because the flowers have only one petal rather than the three of other genera in the subfamily Faboideae.

Questions about amorpha

What does amorpha mean?
Amorpha means any species of the genus Amorpha of leguminous shrubs.
What part of speech is amorpha?
Amorpha is a noun.
What is the plural of amorpha?
The plural of amorpha is amorphas.

Words near amorpha in the dictionary

  1. amorous
  2. amorously
  3. amorousness
  4. amorousnesses
  5. amorph
  6. amorpha
  7. amorphadiene
  8. amorphas
  9. amorphean
  10. amorpheans
  11. amorphene

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