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Webster 1913 Edition

Cowhage

Cow′hage

(kou′hā̍j)
,
Noun.
[Cf. Hind.
kawānch
,
koānch
.]
(Bot.)
A leguminous climbing plant of the genus
Mucuna
, having crooked pods covered with sharp hairs, which stick to the fingers, causing intolerable itching. The spiculæ are sometimes used in medicine as a mechanical vermifuge.
[Written also
couhage
,
cowage
, and
cowitch
.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Cowhage

COWHAGE

, COW-ITCH,
Noun.
A leguminous plant of the genus Dolichos, a native of warm climates. It has a fibrous root and an herbaceous climbing stalk, with red papilionaceous flowers, and leguminous, coriaceous pods, crooked and covered with sharp hairs, which penetrate the skin, and cause an itching.

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