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单词 mucuna
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Mucunan.

Brit. /mjuːˈkjuːnə/, U.S. /mjuˈkjunə/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Mucuna.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin Mucuna (1648 or earlier) < Portuguese mucunã (also attested in forms mucuna, mucuná) < Tupi mucunã.
A genus of tropical lianas of the family Fabaceae ( Leguminosae), many of which have legumes covered with irritant hairs; (also mucuna) a plant of this genus, esp. cowage, Mucuna pruriens, formerly used as a vermifuge and recently in the tropics as a green manure.Valid publication of the genus name: M. Adanson Familles des Plantes (1763) II. xliii. 325/1.
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1836 J. Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. (ed. 2) 156/4 Mucuna, Adans.
1855 A. B. Garrod Essentials Materia Medica 134 The watery or alcoholic solutions of mucuna.
1910 Encycl. Brit. XI. 259/1 In the calabar bean and in some species of Mucuna and Dolichos it [sc. the hilum] extends along a large portion of the edge of the seed.
1964 E. J. H. Corner Life of Plants xi. 206 The papilionaceous Mucuna has bird-, bat-, and insect-pollinate dflowers.
1995 N. Hudson Soil Conservation (ed. 3) xiii. 338 The farmers preferred to grow food crops, and mucuna is the most promising edible lucerne.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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