Definition of cowage

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • cowage is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 12
  • cowage is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 12
  • cowage is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 14

Definition of cowage


  • 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 (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. bengal bean
    2. benghal bean
    3. florida bean
    4. mucuna aterrima
    5. mucuna deeringiana
    6. mucuna pruriens utilis
    7. stizolobium deeringiana
    8. velvet bean
  • pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them; used as a vermifuge when mixed with e.g. honey (noun)

See definition of cowage in Merriam Webster