Noun: velvet bean vel-vit been
- 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
"Farmers planted velvet bean as a cover crop to improve soil fertility";
- cowage, Bengal bean, Benghal bean, Florida bean, Mucuna pruriens utilis, Mucuna deeringiana, Mucuna aterrima, Stizolobium deeringiana
Derived forms: velvet beans
Type of: mucuna
Encyclopedia: Velvet bean