1. (noun) 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

• bengal bean
• benghal bean
• florida bean
• mucuna aterrima
• mucuna deeringiana
• mucuna pruriens utilis
• stizolobium deeringiana
• velvet bean

1. (noun) pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them; used as a vermifuge when mixed with e.g. honey

• pod
• seedpod

2. (noun) 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

• mucuna