WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
cow•age  (kou′ij),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologya tropical vine, Mucuna pruriens, of the legume family, bearing reddish or blackish pods.
  2. Plant Biologythe pod itself, covered with bristlelike hairs that are irritating to the skin and cause intense itching.
  3. Medicinethe hairs of the cowage mixed with a liquid vehicle and used to expel intestinal worms.
Also, cowhage, cowitch. 
  • Hindi kãũch, kēvã̄c (compare kavac any husk or pod), reshaped in English by folk etymology, etymological
  • 1630–40

'cowage' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
cowhage - cowitch

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