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mucuna

mucuna |mjuːˈkjuːnə | ▶noun a tropical climbing bean plant. ●Genus Mucuna, family Leguminosae: many species, especially the velvet bean, M. deeringiana, and M. pruriens, grown as a fodder plant and green manure. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: via Portuguese from Tupi mucunán.

 

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mucuna

mucuna |mjuːˈkjuːnə | ▶noun a tropical climbing bean plant. ●Genus Mucuna, family Leguminosae: many species, especially the velvet bean, M. deeringiana, and M. pruriens, grown as a fodder plant and green manure. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: via Portuguese from Tupi mucunán.