mucuna

Definitions of mucuna

1. noun

   any of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna; widespread in tropics of both hemispheres
   types:

   Bengal bean, Benghal bean, Florida bean, Mucuna aterrima, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna pruriens utilis, Stizolobium deeringiana, cowage, velvet bean

   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

   type of:

   bush, shrub

   a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems