WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

kudzu
    n 1: fast-growing vine from eastern Asia having tuberous starchy
         roots and hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple
         flowers followed by long hairy pods containing many seeds;
         grown for fodder and forage and root starch; widespread in
         the southern United States [syn: kudzu, kudzu vine,
         Pueraria lobata]