'Couhage' definitions:
Definition of 'Couhage'
From: GCIDE
- Couhage \Cou"hage\ (kou"?j), n. (Bot.) See Cowhage. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'couhage'
From: GCIDE
- Cowhage \Cow"hage\ (kou"h[asl]j), n. [Cf. Hind. kaw[=a]nch, ko[=a]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[ae] are sometimes used in medicine as a mechanical vermifuge. [Written also couhage, cowage, and cowitch.] [1913 Webster]