NOUN | plant | Florida bean, cowage, velvet bean, Bengal bean, Benghal 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 |
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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 | cowage, velvet bean, Bengal bean, Benghal 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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