[ noun ] 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 <noun.plant>
The greater the fame of the heroes, the more apt you are to find tacky items and stories twisting up around their memory like tendrils of the kudzu vine, said Charles Wilson, a professor of history and Southern studies at the University of Mississippi.