costus

English

Costus pulverulentus. Serapiqui, Costa Rica.

Saussurea costus. Uttarakhand, India.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin costus, from Ancient Greek κόστος (kóstos), from Sanskrit कुष्ठ (kuṣṭha).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒstəs/

Noun

costus (plural costuses)

A perennial tropical herbaceous plant of the genus Costus (family Costaceae).
Saussurea costus, a composite growing on the Himalayas in the vicinity of Kashmir, or its root.

Derived terms

costus oil
costusroot

Translations

perennial tropical herbaceous plant of the genus Costus

Arabic: قُسْط‎ (ar) (qusṭ)
Armenian: քուշտ (kʿušt)

Saussurea costus

Arabic: قُسْط‎ (ar) (qusṭ)
Greek:
Ancient: κόστος (kóstos)

Further reading

Costus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Costus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Costus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Saussurea costus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Saussurea costus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Saussurea costus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

costus at OneLook Dictionary Search
“costus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Putchock in the 1920 edition of Encyclopedia Americana.

Anagrams

SCOTUS, Scouts, custos, scouts

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