different between vermifuge vs cowage

English

Etymology

Attested since about 1720, vermi- +? -fuge, from Latin vermis (“worm”) + fugere (“to cause to flee”).

Adjective

vermifuge (comparative more vermifuge, superlative most vermifuge)

1. (medicine, dated) Acting as a drug to cause expulsion or death of intestinal worms.

Synonyms

• anthelmintic.

Derived terms

• vermifugal

Noun

vermifuge (plural vermifuges)

1. (medicine, dated) A drug that causes the expulsion or death of intestinal worms, such as tapeworms.
   • 1867, Advertisement, The Prairie Farmer, Volume 20, New Series, page 264,

     We have been informed that the usual practice of Merchants, Farmers and Planters, in ordering their supplies of Dr. McLane's Celebrated VERMIFUGE, has been to simply write and order Vermifuge. The consequence is that instead of the genuine Dr. McLanes's Vermifuge, they very frequently get one or other of the many worthless preparations called Vermifuge now before the public.

Synonyms

• anthelmintic

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

vermifuge (plural vermifuges)

1. (medicine) vermifuge

Noun

vermifuge m (plural vermifuges)

1. (medicine) vermifuge

Related terms

• vermifuger

Further reading

• “vermifuge” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• couhage, cowhage, cowitch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka?.?d??/

Noun

cowage (uncountable)

1. A leguminous climbing plant, Mucuna pruriens, the spiculae of which are sometimes used as a mechanical vermifuge.