Definition of Mucuna aterrima

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.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Mucuna Aterrima

Mtarfa
Mtl
Mts
MuSK kinase
Muammar al-Qaddafi
Muammar el-Qaddafi
Muarrif
Muay Thai
Mubarak
Mubende
Much's bacillus
Mucha-Habermann disease
Mucha-Habermann syndrome
Muckle-Wells syndrome
Mucoraceae
Mucuna aterrima
Mucuna deeringiana
Mucuna pruriens utilis
Mudanjiang
Mudathir
Muddy York
Mudi
Mudéjar
Mudéjares
Muehrcke's bands
Muehrcke's lines
Mueller
Mueller-Hinton agar
Mueller-Hinton medium
Mueller electronic tonometer

Literary usage of Mucuna aterrima

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cover Crops in Hillside Agriculture: Farmer Innovation with Mucuna by Daniel Buckles, Bernard Triomphe, Gustavo Sain (1998)
"mucuna aterrima was used as a green manure for maize and tobacco in Malawi and as a cover crop in Sierra Leone. ..."

2. Amazonia by Nigel J. H. Smith (1995)
"Pueraria and mucuna preta (mucuna aterrima) can spread quickly; Pueraria is known as the notorious kudzu vine in Florida and Georgia. ..."

3. Cover Crops in Hillside Agriculture: Farmer Innovation with Mucuna by Daniel Buckles, Bernard Triomphe, Gustavo Sain (1998)
"mucuna aterrima was used as a green manure for maize and tobacco in Malawi and as a cover crop in Sierra Leone. ..."

4. Amazonia by Nigel J. H. Smith (1995)
"Pueraria and mucuna preta (mucuna aterrima) can spread quickly; Pueraria is known as the notorious kudzu vine in Florida and Georgia. ..."

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