cowage

/ˈkaʊɪdʒ/

Definitions of cowage

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 aterrima, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna pruriens utilis, Stizolobium deeringiana, velvet bean

   type of:

   mucuna

   any of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna; widespread in tropics of both hemispheres
2. noun

   pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them; used as a vermifuge when mixed with e.g. honey
   type of:

   pod, seedpod

   a several-seeded dehiscent fruit as e.g. of a leguminous plant