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cowage

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pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them; used as a vermifuge when mixed with e.g. honey

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2. noun

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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