velvet bean

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
velvet 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}]