velvet bean
n : 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 [syn:
{cowage}, {Bengal bean}, {Benghal bean}, {Florida bean},
{Mucuna pruriens utilis}, {Mucuna deeringiana}, {Mucuna
aterrima}, {Stizolobium deeringiana}]