velvet bean

noun

1

: cowhage

especially : a cowhage (Mucuna pruriens) that is sometimes grown in the southern U.S. for green manure and grazing

2

: the seed of the velvet bean that is often used as feed for livestock (such as cattle and hogs)

Examples of velvet bean in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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One approach that’s been especially fruitful for zeroing in on non-histamine itch is to poke people with tiny hairs (or spicules) from a tropical plant called cowhage, or velvet bean. —Katherine Harmon Courage, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for velvet bean

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