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costus

/ˈkɒstəs/ UK

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

noun 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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noun perennial tropical herbaceous plant of the genus Costus

العربية	قُسْط qusṭ

noun Saussurea costus

日本語	木香 mokkou
العربية	قُسْط qusṭ

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@misc{costus_2026,
  title = {costus},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/costus},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}