kudzu

n. 野葛

发音

其它 /ˈkʊd.zuː/

词形变化

kudzus 复数 kudzus

别名

kuzu

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An Asian vine (several species in the genus Pueraria, but mostly Pueraria montana var. lobata, syn. Pueraria lobata in the US), grown as a root starch, and which is a notorious invasive weed in the United States.

    葛

    不可数
  2. 2.

    A starch extracted from the root that is used in traditional East Asian medicine and cuisine.

    葛粉

    不可数 烹饪 医学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

kudzu vine

上位词 1

vine

相关短语

kudzu bug kudzu bugs kudzu powder kudzu tea kudzu vine 葛藤 kudzu vines kudzu teas

词源

From Japanese 葛(くず) (kuzu). The spelling kudzu (instead of kuzu) is due to the historical transliteration methods of Japanese into English (compare adzuki).

来源：wiktionary