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Benghal bean

DEFINITIONS OF: Benghal bean

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n 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

Synonyms:
Bengal bean, Florida bean, Mucuna aterrima, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna pruriens utilis, Stizolobium deeringiana, cowage, velvet bean
Type of:
mucuna
any of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna; widespread in tropics of both hemispheres
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