cowage Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun 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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noun 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
Bengal bean; Benghal bean; Mucuna pruriens utilis; Florida bean; Stizolobium deeringiana; velvet bean; Mucuna deeringiana; Mucuna aterrima.
WordNet
Cow"age noun
Definitions
(Bot.) See Cowhage .