velvet bean — noun 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, ↑Bengal bean, ↑Benghal bean, ↑Florida bean, ↑Mucuna pruriens… … Useful english dictionary
Florida bean — noun 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, ↑Mucuna pruriens… … Useful english dictionary
Bengal bean — noun 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, ↑Benghal bean, ↑Florida bean, ↑Mucuna pruriens… … Useful english dictionary
mucuna — noun any of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna; widespread in tropics of both hemispheres • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Hyponyms: ↑cowage, ↑velvet bean, ↑Bengal bean, ↑Benghal bean, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Mucuna aterrima — noun 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,… … Useful english dictionary
Mucuna deeringiana — noun 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,… … Useful english dictionary
Mucuna pruriens utilis — noun 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,… … Useful english dictionary
Stizolobium deeringiana — noun 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,… … Useful english dictionary