OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 13540

kudzu

/ˈkʊd.zuː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
kuzu
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.
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 j…
Walled off communities, private jets, private security details are spreading like kudzu around the world.
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