COWHAGE
- cowage (a tropical vine) [n COWHAGES]
- tropical vine, Mucuna pruriens, of the legume family, bearing reddish or blackish pods
- the pod itself, covered with bristlelike hairs that are irritating to the skin and cause intense itching
- the hairs of the cowage mixed with a liquid vehicle and used to expel intestinal worms
- a tropical vine, also COWAGE [n -S]