Kudzu

Quick meaning: Kudzu is a noun meaning (cooking, medicine) A starch extracted from the root that is used in traditional East Asian medicine and cuisine.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

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.

Example Sentences

Walled off communities, private jets, private security details are spreading like kudzu around the world.

All the author’s familiar trademarks are here: […] shaggy-dog plotlines sprouting everywhere, like kudzu; […]

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.

Kudzu, a starch extracted from the root of the kudzu plant, acts similarly to cornstarch or arrowroot but is preferable for bone health because it contains some calcium.

Word Forms

• kudzus

Synonyms for kudzu

Depending on context, synonyms include mile-a-minute.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include kuzu, mile-a-minute, mekabu, pukeweed, wisteria, pigweed.

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