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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


Broader (hypernym)pod, seedpod


Part meronymBengal bean, Benghal bean, cowage, Florida bean, Mucuna aterrima, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna pruriens utilis, Stizolobium deeringiana, velvet bean

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


SynonymsBengal bean, Benghal bean, Florida bean, Mucuna aterrima, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna pruriens utilis, Stizolobium deeringiana, velvet bean


Broader (hypernym)mucuna


Part holonymcowage









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