Mucuna aterrima

Definitions of Mucuna aterrima
  1. 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
    synonyms: Bengal bean, Benghal bean, Florida bean, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna pruriens utilis, Stizolobium deeringiana, cowage, velvet bean
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    mucuna
    any of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna; widespread in tropics of both hemispheres
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