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Definition of Cowhage
1. n. A leguminous climbing plant of the genus Mucuna, having crooked pods covered with sharp hairs, which stick to the fingers, causing intolerable itching. The spiculæ are sometimes used in medicine as a mechanical vermifuge.
Definition of Cowhage
1. Noun. (alternative form of cowage) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cowhage
1. cowage [n -S] - See also: cowage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cowhage
Literary usage of Cowhage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Materia Medica: For the Use of Students by John Barclay Biddle (1874)
"... till it affects the stomach and bowels ; or night and morning for several days.
MUCUNA — cowhage, The HAIRS of the PODS of Mucuna pruriens (Nat. ..."
2. A Manual of Examinations: Upon Anatomy, Physiology, Surgery, Practice of by John Livingston Ludlow (1867)
"... recently distilled, but becomes brown by age. What is its dose? — Gtta.
iv.—viij. night and morning. cowhage (Mucuna~).—What is this the product of? ..."
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