soil improvement
71black-eyed pea — annual legume grown in the southern USA for forage and soil improvement, cowpea; edible seed of the cowpea plant; burnt pea (or whitish beans) having a single dark spot …
72cowpea — n. annual legume grown in the southern USA for forage and soil improvement, black eyed pea; edible seed of the cowpea plant …
73soybean — soy•bean [[t]ˈsɔɪˌbin[/t]] n. 1) pln a bushy Old World plant, Glycine max, of the legume family, grown in the U.S. chiefly for forage and soil improvement 2) pln the seed of this plant, used for food, as a livestock feed, and for a variety of… …
74vetch — [[t]vɛtʃ[/t]] n. pln any of several climbing plants of the legume family, bearing pealike flowers, esp. Vicia sativa, cultivated for forage and soil improvement • Etymology: 1325–75; ME ve(c) che < AF; OF vecce < L vicia …
75cowpea — /ˈkaʊˌpi/ (say kow.pee) noun 1. an annual plant, Vigna sinensis, extensively cultivated for forage, soil improvement, etc., the seeds sometimes being used for human food. 2. the seed …
76vetch — /vɛtʃ / (say vech) noun 1. any of various leguminous plants, mostly climbing herbs, of the genus Vicia, as V. sativa, the common vetch, cultivated for forage and soil improvement. 2. any of various allied plants, as Lathyrus sativus, of Europe,… …
77beggarweed — ☆ beggarweed [beg′ər wēd΄ ] n. any of several plants, esp. a leguminous West Indian plant (Desmodium purpureum), grown in the SE U.S. for soil improvement …
78lespedeza — ☆ lespedeza [les΄pə dē′zə ] n. [ModL Lespedeza, erroneously for * Zespedesa, after V. M. de Zespedes, 18th c. Sp governor of E Florida] any of a genus (Lespedeza) of annual or perennial plants of the pea family, cultivated for forage, hay, soil… …
79bush clover — noun shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States • Syn: ↑lespedeza • Hypernyms: ↑woody plant, ↑ligneous plant • Hyponyms: ↑bicolor lespediza, ↑ …
80crimson clover — noun southern European annual with spiky heads of crimson flower; extensively cultivated in United States for forage • Syn: ↑Italian clover, ↑Trifolium incarnatum • Hypernyms: ↑clover, ↑trefoil * * * noun : a European annual clover ( …
