Definition of "mucuna" []

• A genus of leguminous climbing herbs and shrubs of the tribe Phaseoleæ, characterized by showy flowers with the banner smaller than the wings or the acute keel, and anthers of two shapes. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Including a green manure crop such as mucuna in the minor season did not result in better performance of maize than of second season cowpea, but did have a pronounced residual effect on the succeeding maize crop."
• "They are in all manner of shapes, strings of mucuna and poison-beans; carved images stuck over with feathers and tassels; padlocks with a cowrie or a mirror set in them; horns full of mysterious"
• "The cover may be legumes (pueraria, centrosema, crotalaria, mucuna) or grasses."