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lespedeza (iou) and sis (medicine)


lespedeza (iou)



lespedeza noun. L19.
[mod. Latin (see below), from (by a misreading) V. M. de Cespedes (fl. 1785), Spanish governor of eastern Florida.]
Any of various leguminous herbs and shrubs of the genus Lespedeza, native to N. America and eastern Asia; esp. a plant of this kind used in the southern US as a fodder crop and to control soil erosion. Also called bush clover, Japan clover.

sis (medicine)


sis
<oncogene> An oncogene, identified in monkey sarcoma, encoding a B chain of PDGF.