Thesaurus: cowhage

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1. n. 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.
2. 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.]
3. A leguminous climbing plant of the genus Mucuna, having crookedpods covered with sharp hairs, which stick to the fingers, causingintolerable itching. The spiculæ are sometimes used in medicine as amechanical vermifuge. [Written also couhage, cowage, and cowitch.]
4. n. 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.