costus
English edit
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.
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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)
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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