mucuna
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A climbing or upright tropical plant with seeds like beans
- noun
- /mjuˈkuːnə/
- Specialized
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mucuna
- The mucuna is a climbing plant that thrives in the tropical forests of South America.
Examples
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Farmers cultivate mucuna to improve soil fertility and prevent erosion.
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The leaves of the mucuna plant are often used in traditional medicine.
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I increase dopaminergic/catecholaminergic supplemental interventions like caffeine, tyrosine, mucuna (recent addition), and I will increase the intensity/duration of light treatment.
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Compounds
Mucuna pruriens utilis
- Specialized
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A tropical vine grown as a cover crop to improve soil and feed animals
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word mucuna comes from a native Brazilian name for a climbing bean, recorded by early Portuguese speakers as mucunã. Today mucuna names a group of tropical climbing plants whose seeds are like 'beans', so the modern name keeps the old local word for the plant.