HyperDic: velvet_bean

English > 1 sense of the expression velvet bean:
NOUNplantvelvet bean, cowage, Bengal bean, Benghal bean, Florida bean, Mucuna pruriens utilis, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna aterrima, Stizolobium deeringianathe annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods
English > velvet bean: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningThe annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods; cultivated in southern United States for green manure and grazing.
Synonymscowage, Bengal bean, Benghal bean, Florida bean, Mucuna pruriens utilis, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna aterrima, Stizolobium deeringiana
PartscowagePods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them
BroadermucunaAny of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna

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