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- noun botany Any of the
genus Amorpha ofleguminous shrubs .
Etymologies
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Examples
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There was cactus growing on the bluffs, a pale bristling green against the royal purple of the amorpha.
The Chisholms Evan Hunter 1976
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There was cactus growing on the bluffs, a pale bristling green against the royal purple of the amorpha.
The Chisholms Evan Hunter 1976
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There was cactus growing on the bluffs, a pale bristling green against the royal purple of the amorpha.
The Chisholms Evan Hunter 1976
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She must walk among the alder bushes, hardly taller than her outstretched hand, and pluck blossoms from the flowering amorpha, althea, clethra and climbing rose.
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Along our route the _amorpha_ has been in very abundant but variable bloom -- in some places bending beneath the weight of purple clusters; in others without a flower.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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In the bottoms were frequently seen tradescantia, and on the dry lenches were carduus, cactus, and amorpha.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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Among them the _amorpha_, in full bloom, was remarkable for its large and luxuriant purple clusters.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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In these exposed situations grew but few plants; though, whenever the soil was good and protected from the winds, in the creek bottoms and ravines, and on the slopes, they flourished abundantly; among them the _amorpha_, still retaining its characteristic place.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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Many large boulders, of a very compact sandstone, of various shades of red, some of them of four or five tons in weight, were scattered along the hills; and many beautiful plants in flower, among which the _amorpha canescens_ was a characteristic, enlivened the green of the prairie.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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The _amorpha_ was frequent among the ravines, but the sunflower
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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