desmodium tortuosum desmodium purpureum • desmodont · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · desmodium tortuosum · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 19 · · Length 8 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) West Indian forage plant cultivated in southern United States as forage and to improve soil. Synonyms: beggarweed, Desmodium tortuosum, Desmodium purpureum. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · beggarweed · · Synonym 1 desmodium purpureum · · Synonym 2 Characters · · space U+0020 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 m latin small letter m U+006D o latin small letter o U+006F r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074 u latin small letter u U+0075