cow·age /ˈkaʊɪʤ/



 cow·age /ˈkaʊɪʤ/ 名詞



 Cow·age n. Bot. See Cowhage.

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 Cow·hage n.  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 spiculæ are sometimes used in medicine as a mechanical vermifuge. [Written also couhage, cowage, and cowitch.]

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 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: annual semi-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:
         velvet bean, Bengal bean, Benghal bean, {Florida
         bean, Mucuna pruriens utilis, Mucuna deeringiana, {Mucuna
         aterrima, Stizolobium deeringiana]