[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cowage \cow"age\ kou"aslj, n. bot.
   see cowhage.
   1913 webster
see also:
cowhage 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cowhage \cow"hage\ kou"haslj, n. cf. hind. kaw=anch,
   ko=anch. 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 spiculae are
   sometimes used in medicine as a mechanical vermifuge.
   written also couhage, cowage, and cowitch.
   1913 webster
see also:
mucuna couhage cowage cowitch 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
velvet bean bengal bean benghal bean florida bean mucuna pruriens utilis mucuna deeringiana 
mucuna aterrima stizolobium deeringiana 

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