cuscuta
Catalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Medieval Latin cuscūte, cuscūthe, cuscūta, cuscūtha, from Arabic كُشُوث (kušūṯ), from Aramaic כְּשׁוּתָא / ܟܫܽܘܬܳܐ (kəšūṯā), probably from כַּשָׁא / ܟܰܫܳܐ (kašā, “to pile up”) because of the jumbled fashion in which this parasitic plant climbs trees, else from Akkadian 𒃢 (SILA₄, “kasû”), a plant with many small seeds used for spice, fumigation and medicine, just like Cuscuta species.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcuscuta f (plural cuscutes)
- dodder (plant of genus Cuscuta)
- Synonym: cabells d'àngel
Further reading
edit- “cuscuta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom Medieval Latin cuscūte, cuscūthe, cuscūta, cuscūtha, from Arabic كُشُوث (kušūṯ), from Aramaic כְּשׁוּתָא / ܟܫܽܘܬܳܐ (kəšūṯā), probably from כַּשָׁא / ܟܰܫܳܐ (kašā, “to pile up”) because of the jumbled fashion in which this parasitic plant climbs trees, else from Akkadian 𒃢 (SILA₄, “kasû”), a plant with many small seeds used for spice, fumigation and medicine, just like Cuscuta species.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcuscuta f (plural cuscute)
Spanish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcuscuta f (plural cuscutas)
- dodder (plant)
Further reading
edit- “cuscuta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Catalan terms borrowed from Medieval Latin
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- ca:Morning glory family plants
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- Rhymes:Italian/uskuta
- Rhymes:Italian/uskuta/3 syllables
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- it:Morning glory family plants
- Spanish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/uta
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