English noun: cowage |
1. | cowage (plant) 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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| Broader (hypernym) | pod, seedpod |
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| Part meronym | Bengal bean, Benghal bean, cowage, Florida bean, Mucuna aterrima, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna pruriens utilis, Stizolobium deeringiana, velvet bean |
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2. | cowage (plant) 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 | Bengal bean, Benghal bean, Florida bean, Mucuna aterrima, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna pruriens utilis, Stizolobium deeringiana, velvet bean |
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| Broader (hypernym) | mucuna |
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| Part holonym | cowage |
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