Meaning

3 senses

  1. Any of several legumes.

    Mucuna pruriens.

  2. Mucuna pruriens subsp. deeringiana.

  3. Pseudarthria hookeri.

More definitions
  • 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

Forms

plural: velvet beans
Singularvelvet bean
Pluralvelvet beans

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in 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:cowageBengal beanBenghal beanFlorida beanMucuna pruriens utilisMucuna deeringianaMucuna aterrimaStizolobium deeringiana

See also

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