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Definition: Cowage |
CowageNoun1. Pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them; used as a vermifuge when mixed with e.g. honey. 2. Annual semi-woody vine of Asia having long clusters of purplish flowers and densely hairy pods; cultivated in southern United States for green manure and grazing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: CowageSynonym: velvet bean (n). (additional references) |
| Language | Translations for "cowage"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Dutch | jeukboontje (buffalo-bean, velvet-bean). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | pois velu, pois gratter. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Juckbohne (buffalo-bean, velvet-bean). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | μουκούνα η κνιδώδης (buffalo-bean, velvet-bean). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | owagecay judía aterciopelada (buffalo-bean, velvet-bean), guisante negro (buffalo-bean, velvet-bean), guisante de Mascate (buffalo-bean, velvet-bean). (various references) | ||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Muccuna pruriens DC., Stizolobium pruriens Pers.. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cowage": cowages. (additional references) | |
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"Cowage" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: coage, codage, cowag, cowages, Coxage, Cvware, cwag, Kawagoe, owage, vowage. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-o-w" | |
-2 letters: cage, wage. | |
-3 letters: ace, age, ago, awe, caw, cog, cow, ego, gae, goa, oca, owe, wae, wag, woe, wog. | |
-4 letters: ae, ag, aw, go, oe, ow, we, wo. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-g-o-w" | |
+1 letter: cowages, cowhage. | |
+2 letters: cowhages. | |
+4 letters: dogwatches. | |
+5 letters: acknowledge, becowarding, cabbageworm, clergywoman, lowercasing, watchdogged. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Translations: Modern 4. Translations: Ancient | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Bibliography |
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