cowage meaning and definition

COWAGE noun

Definition of cowage (noun)

1. pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them; used as a vermifuge when mixed with e.g. honey
2. 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