cowage

• Sustantivo que designa las vainas o los pelos urticantes de la planta mucuna, usados históricamente como antihelmíntico, o la propia planta anual leñosa cultivada como abono verde y para pastoreo.

A noun referring to the pods or stinging hairs of the cowage plant, historically used as a vermifuge, or to the annual woody vine itself, cultivated for green manure and grazing.

1. Plant pods or hairsC2formalmedical

   The pods of the cowage plant, or the stinging hairs that cover them, which are sometimes mixed with honey and used as a treatment to expel intestinal worms.

   Vainas o pelos de la planta cowage (Mucuna pruriens)

   • The traditional remedy involved mixing cowage hairs with honey.
   • Farmers collected cowage pods for their medicinal properties.
   • The stinging hairs of cowage were used as a vermifuge in folk medicine.

2. Climbing vineC2formalamericanscientific

   An annual woody vine native to Asia, characterized by long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods, often cultivated in the southern United States for green manure and livestock grazing.

   Frijol terciopelo

   • Cowage is grown in the southern states as a cover crop.
   • The vine's purplish flowers make it easy to identify in the field.
   • Farmers use cowage for green manure to enrich the soil.

   Sinónimosvelvet bean