cowage
/kou-ij/US // ˈkaʊ ɪdʒ //UK // (ˈkaʊɪdʒ) //
奶妈,牛仔,牛皮癣,牛皮箱
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a 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.
Examples
Its houses roofless, their walls crumbled, are scarcely seen beneath the thick green carpet of convolvulus, and cowage (mecuna).
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