Noun has 2 senses

• cowage(n = noun.plant) - pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them; used as a vermifuge when mixed with e.g. honey;



• cowage(n = noun.plant) bengal bean, benghal bean, florida bean, mucuna aterrima, mucuna deeringiana, mucuna pruriens utilis, stizolobium deeringiana, 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;