The stinging hairs of the pod of a tropical plant, Mucuna pruriens, family Leguminosæ, formerly used as an anthelmintic; also the plant, or its pods.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > cowage plant, bean, or hairs (4) cowage1640 The stinging hairs of the pod of a tropical plant, Mucuna pruriens, family Leguminosæ, formerly used as an anthelmintic; also the plant, or its pods. horse-eye bean1700 the seed of the Cowage (Mucuna pruriens), a West Indian leguminous plant; also that of Dolichos Lablab. Mucuna1836 A genus of tropical lianas of the family Fabaceae (Leguminosae), many of which have legumes covered with irritant hairs; (also mucuna) a plant of… kiwach1876 another form of cowage, n. |
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