cowage

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cowage \Cow"age\ (kou"[asl]j), n. (Bot.)
   See {Cowhage}.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cowhage \Cow"hage\ (kou"h[asl]j), n. [Cf. Hind. kaw[=a]nch,
   ko[=a]nch.] (Bot.)
   A leguminous climbing plant of the genus {Mucuna}, having
   crooked pods covered with sharp hairs, which stick to the
   fingers, causing intolerable itching. The spicul[ae] are
   sometimes used in medicine as a mechanical vermifuge.
   [Written also {couhage}, {cowage}, and {cowitch}.]
   [1913 Webster]

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