kudzu

English

Kudzu covering several trees in Atlanta in the United States.

Etymology

From Japanese クズ (葛, kuzu). The spelling kudzu (instead of kuzu) is due to historical transliteration methods of Japanese into English.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈkʊd.zuː/

Noun

kudzu (usually uncountable, plural kudzus)

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

Synonyms

Japanese arrowroot
mile-a-minute

Translations

an Asian vine

Chinese:
Mandarin: 葛 (zh) (gé)
Japanese: クズ (kuzu), 葛 (ja) (くず, kuzu)

Portuguese: kudzu (pt) m
Russian: ку́дзу n (kúdzu), кудзу́ n (kudzú), пуэра́рия (ru) f (puerárija)

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Korean: ^{(please verify)} 칡 (chik)

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