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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Cowitch \Cow"itch\ (kou"?ch; 224), n. (Bot.) See {Cowhage}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Cowhage \Cow"hage\ (kou"h?j), n. [Cf. Hind. kaw[amc]nch, ko[amac]nch.] (Bot.) A leguminous climbing plant of the genus {Mucuna}, having crooked pods covered with sharp hairs, which stick to the fingers, causing intolerable itching. The spicul[91] are sometimes used in medicine as a mechanical vermifuge. [Written also {couhage}, {cowage}, and {cowitch}.] | |
