| NOUN | plant | cowage | pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them |
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| plant | cowage, velvet bean, Bengal bean, Benghal bean, Florida bean, Mucuna pruriens utilis, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna aterrima, Stizolobium deeringiana | the annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods |
| Meaning | Pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them; used as a vermifuge when mixed with e.g. honey. | |
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| Part of | cowage, velvet bean, Bengal bean, Benghal bean, Florida bean, Mucuna pruriens utilis, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna aterrima, Stizolobium deeringiana | The annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods |
| Broader | pod, seedpod | A several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant |
| Meaning | The 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. | |
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| Synonyms | velvet bean, Bengal bean, Benghal bean, Florida bean, Mucuna pruriens utilis, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna aterrima, Stizolobium deeringiana | |
| Parts | cowage | Pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them |
| Broader | mucuna | Any of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna |
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