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Meanings of velvet bean in English

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.

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      Examples for "cowage"
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      Others carried bags filled with hairs of picapica;* (* Dolichos pruriens (cowage).)
      Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
      Usage of velvet bean in English
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      The method is to propagate bacteria for each of the various leguminous plants such as clover, alfalfa, soy beans, cow peas, tares, and velvet beans.
      Three Acres and Liberty