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Definition of Cowitch
1. n. See Cowhage.
Definition of Cowitch
1. Noun. (alternative form of cowage) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cowitch
1. a type of climbing plant [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cowitch
Literary usage of Cowitch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Floral Cabinet and Magazine of Exotic Botany by George Beauchamp Knowles, Frederic Westcott (1838)
"The substance called cowitch is probably obtained from this plant. ... It is on
this account that cowitch has been used medicinally as an anthelmintic. ..."
2. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"Common or Stinging cowitch, has entire ovate-acute ... A mixture of the hairs of
these two species form the cowitch of commerce. The ripe pods are dipped in ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1903)
"See cowitch. Cowie, George, American naval officer: b. ... The negroes of the
Southern States apply the name cowitch to the poison ivy (Rhus toxicodendron). ..."
4. Outlines of botany by Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1835)
"Z. urr/is is the burning cowitch of the West Indies and South America. A',
prurient \» the common cowitch that is imported for officinal purposes ; a Je- i ..."
5. The New-England Journal of Medicine and Surgery: And Collateral Branches of edited by Walter Channing, John Ware (1817)
"It should be preceded by a cathartic, which should be occasionally repeated during
the administration of the cowitch. For the same purpose as the ..."
6. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"&c.. and where it is sometimes called, by corruption, cowitch." In the Critical
Dictionary of the English Language, by Joseph E. Worcester, Loud. ..."
7. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"... pruriens, or cowitch. Flower-cluster usually longer and more tapering. ( X
about ' i ) and thousands of acres are now grown for feeding cattle and hogs. ..."
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