| Noun | 1. | velvet bean - 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 grazingmucuna - any of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna; widespread in tropics of both hemispheres cowage - pods of the cowage plant or the stinging hairs covering them; used as a vermifuge when mixed with e.g. honey | |