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Definition of Mucuna deeringiana

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 Deeringiana

Literary usage of Mucuna deeringiana

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

1. Cover Crops in West Africa: Contributing to Sustainable Agriculture by Daniel Buckles (1998)
"... and mucuna deeringiana Merr. (Florida or Georgia velvetbean). The well-known taxonomist of Asian economic plants, Burkill (1966), recorded that Mucuna ..."

2. Cover Crops in Hillside Agriculture: Farmer Innovation with Mucuna by Daniel Buckles, Bernard Triomphe, Gustavo Sain (1998)
"mucuna deeringiana was used as a cover crop on the citrus and banana estates in Jamaica and Puerto Rico as early as 1906. In the 1920s, several experiment ..."

3. Caracterización y manejo de los suelos de la Península de Yucatán by Francisco Bautista Zúñiga, Alvaro Gerardo Palacio (2005)
"After a cropping season the association corn/mucuna (mucuna deeringiana) increased the soil quality (C/N 14.3). The nutriment content (N, PyK) of corn grain ..."

4. Cover Crops in West Africa: Contributing to Sustainable Agriculture by Daniel Buckles (1998)
"... and mucuna deeringiana Merr. (Florida or Georgia velvetbean). The well-known taxonomist of Asian economic plants, Burkill (1966), recorded that Mucuna ..."

5. Cover Crops in Hillside Agriculture: Farmer Innovation with Mucuna by Daniel Buckles, Bernard Triomphe, Gustavo Sain (1998)
"mucuna deeringiana was used as a cover crop on the citrus and banana estates in Jamaica and Puerto Rico as early as 1906. In the 1920s, several experiment ..."

6. Caracterización y manejo de los suelos de la Península de Yucatán by Francisco Bautista Zúñiga, Alvaro Gerardo Palacio (2005)
"After a cropping season the association corn/mucuna (mucuna deeringiana) increased the soil quality (C/N 14.3). The nutriment content (N, PyK) of corn grain ..."

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