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cowage
cowage (ˈkaʊɪdʒ) or cowhagen1. (Plants) a tropical climbing leguminous plant, Stizolobium (or Mucuna) pruriens, whose bristly pods cause severe itching and stinging2. (Plants) the pods of this plant or the stinging hairs covering them[C17: from Hindi kavāch, of obscure origin]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | cowage - pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them; used as a vermifuge when mixed with e.g. honeyFlorida bean, Mucuna aterrima, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna pruriens utilis, Stizolobium deeringiana, velvet bean, Bengal bean, Benghal bean, cowage - 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 grazingseedpod, pod - a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant | | 2. |  cowage - 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 grazingBengal bean, Benghal bean, Florida bean, Mucuna aterrima, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna pruriens utilis, Stizolobium deeringiana, velvet beanmucuna - any of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna; widespread in tropics of both hemispherescowage - pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them; used as a vermifuge when mixed with e.g. honey |
cowage
Synonyms for cowagenoun pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering themRelated Words- Florida bean
- Mucuna aterrima
- Mucuna deeringiana
- Mucuna pruriens utilis
- Stizolobium deeringiana
- velvet bean
- Bengal bean
- Benghal bean
- cowage
- seedpod
- pod
noun the annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy podsSynonyms- Bengal bean
- Benghal bean
- Florida bean
- Mucuna aterrima
- Mucuna deeringiana
- Mucuna pruriens utilis
- Stizolobium deeringiana
- velvet bean
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