Amorpha
See also: amorpha
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἄμορφος (ámorphos, “shapeless, deformed”), because the flowers have only one petal rather than the three of other genera in the subfamily Faboideae.
Proper noun edit
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- A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – false indigos, plants whose flowers lack the wing and keel petals typical of other members of the Faboideae.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Sphingidae – certain moths.
References edit
- Amorpha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Amorpha (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Amorpha (Fabaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Amorpha (Sphingidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies