variants
or less commonly cowage
: a tropical woody vine (Mucuna pruriens) of the legume family with crooked pods covered with barbed hairs that cause severe itching
also
: these hairs formerly used as a vermifuge
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One approach that’s been especially fruitful for zeroing in on non-histamine itch is to poke people with tiny hairs (or spicules) from a tropical plant called cowhage, or velvet bean.
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Katherine Harmon Courage, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2020
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Katherine Harmon Courage, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2020
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cowhage
noun
cow·hage
variants
also cowage
: a tropical leguminous woody vine (Mucuna pruriens) with crooked pods covered with barbed hairs that cause severe itching
also
: these hairs formerly used as a vermifuge
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