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Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin costus, from Ancient Greek κόστος (kóstos), from Sanskrit कुष्ठ (kuṣṭha).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]Translations
[edit]perennial tropical herbaceous plant of the genus Costus
Further reading
[edit]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”, in 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
[edit]Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]costus (feminine singular costus, plural costus, equative mor gostus, comparative mwy costus, superlative mwyaf costus)
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
costus | gostus | nghostus | chostus |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “costus”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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