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Cowage Moderate

Origin: French suffix -age

Cowage has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them; used as a vermifuge when mixed with e.g. honey

2

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

3

A leguminous climbing plant, Mucuna pruriens, the spiculae of which are sometimes used as a mechanical vermifuge.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
pod mucuna
Rhyming Words
age sage tage rage wage aage mage yage lage cage gage page nage kage swage adage plage brage phage stage
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