| cowage | (n) 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. Benghal bean, Bengal bean, Stizolobium deeringiana, Florida bean, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna aterrima, velvet bean, Mucuna pruriens utilis |
| genus mucuna | (n) genus of tropical herbs and woody vines having trifoliate leaves and showy flowers in axillary clusters, Syn. genus Stizolobium, Stizolobium |