cuscuta
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed 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 edit
Noun edit
cuscuta 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 edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
cuscuta f (plural cuscute)
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cuscuta f (plural cuscutas)
- dodder (plant)
Further reading edit
- “cuscuta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014