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MUCUNA DEERINGIANA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mucuna deeringiana mean?
• MUCUNA DEERINGIANA (noun)
The noun MUCUNA DEERINGIANA has 1 sense:
1. the annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods; cultivated in southern United States for green manure and grazing
Familiarity information: MUCUNA DEERINGIANA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The annual woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods; cultivated in southern United States for green manure and grazing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Bengal bean; Benghal bean; cowage; Florida bean; Mucuna aterrima; Mucuna deeringiana; Mucuna pruriens utilis; Stizolobium deeringiana; velvet bean
Hypernyms ("Mucuna deeringiana" is a kind of...):
mucuna (any of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna; widespread in tropics of both hemispheres)
Meronyms (parts of "Mucuna deeringiana"):
cowage (pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them; used as a vermifuge when mixed with e.g. honey)
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