kudzu


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Synonyms for kudzu

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

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But what you may not know is kudzu blossoms can be made into fine jelly, wine, tea and syrup, and its leaves and young shoots can be boiled like spinach (or made into paper).
Is Kudzu at all interested in carrying on the traditions of excellence set by her long pedigree of ancestral field trial champions and highly proficient working retrievers ?
It may be every gardener's nightmare, but kudzu is a very useful plant.
Good 'N' Natural Kudzu capsules are pounds 4.49 for 60 from Holland & Barrett.
He performed in Fool Moon on Broadway and has enjoyed a long association with music and theatre, including appearances in the original New York productions of Diamond Studs, Sam Shepherd's A Lie of the Mind and the Broadway musical production of Kudzu.
Then a friend heard about the herb kudzu, which is supposed to help you cut down on alcohol.
That's why it adds 25 mg of isoflavones derived from soy and the herb kudzu to the glucosamine (1,500 mg) and chondroitin (1,200 mg) in its Estroven Joint & Bone.
* Arch Personal Care Products recently introduced three new ingredients: Beta Gel, Kudzu Zymbiozome Fermentum and ViscUp EZ.
This well-illustrated pocket guide emphasizes plants not just found in Georgia, but native to the state, the only major exception being a short chapter on kudzu. Enthusiast and local talent Samuels covers endangered plants, exotic pest plants, noxious weeds, protected flowers, and native flowers, shrubs and trees.
Sesame "Tofu," a savory sesame custard thickened with kudzu root, is as innovative and delicious a trick as any you'd find turned by a top Bay Area chef.
Kudzu [Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi] was planted widely in the southeastern United States in the late 1930s to early 1940s, and now covers an estimated 3 million ha.
The Fabaceae species used were Perennial Soybean (Neonotonia wightii Lackey), Tropical Kudzu (Pueraria phaseoloides Benth.), Macrotilom (Macrotylom aaxillare Verdc.) and Forage Peanut (Arachis pintoi Krapov.
It made me think of my recent trip to China, where I ate egg pancakes made with kudzu flour ground from the kudzu root (pictured below).