English Dictionary

kudzu

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkʊd.zuː/

名詞

不可算名詞 通常

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

日本語の意味

葛（くず）：アジア原産のつる性植物で、澱粉を得るために栽培される。特にアメリカでは、侵略的な雑草として知られている。

Kudzu engulfed the roadside fence within a single summer, its thick vines and broad leaves smothering everything beneath its shade.

根のでん粉を採るために栽培され、アメリカでは悪名高い侵略的な雑草とされるアジア原産のつる植物・葛が、一夏のうちに道路沿いのフェンスを覆い尽くし、太い蔓と大きな葉がその下のものを覆い隠しました。

意味（1）

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

By 2020, droughts and other extreme weather will be commonplace. By 2040, the Sahara will be moving into Europe, and Berlin will be as hot as Baghdad. Atlanta will end up a kudzu jungle.

意味（2）

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

Kudzu is available in natural food stores and Oriental markets; it is often sold in lumps that must be crushed in a mortar before measuring.

kudzus （ plural ）