Bengal bean
n 1: 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 [syn:
{cowage}, {velvet bean}, {Bengal bean}, {Benghal bean},
{Florida bean}, {Mucuna pruriens utilis}, {Mucuna
deeringiana}, {Mucuna aterrima}, {Stizolobium deeringiana}]