"costus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒstəs/ [UK] Forms: costuses [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin costus, from Ancient Greek κόστος (kóstos), from Sanskrit कुष्ठ (kuṣṭha). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|costus}} Learned borrowing from Latin costus, {{der|en|grc|κόστος}} Ancient Greek κόστος (kóstos), {{der|en|sa|कुष्ठ}} Sanskrit कुष्ठ (kuṣṭha) Head templates: {{en-noun}} costus (plural costuses)
  1. A perennial tropical herbaceous plant of the genus Costus (family Costaceae). Categories (lifeform): Zingiberales order plants Translations (perennial tropical herbaceous plant of the genus Costus): قُسْط (qusṭ) (Arabic), քուշտ (kʻušt) (Armenian)
    Sense id: en-costus-en-noun-VIftYx5z Disambiguation of Zingiberales order plants: 58 42 Disambiguation of 'perennial tropical herbaceous plant of the genus Costus': 94 6
  2. Saussurea costus, a composite growing on the Himalayas in the vicinity of Kashmir, or its root. Categories (lifeform): Thistles Translations (Saussurea costus): κόστος (kóstos) (Ancient Greek), قُسْط (qusṭ) (Arabic)
    Sense id: en-costus-en-noun-maTtNuF6 Disambiguation of Thistles: 28 72 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 61 Disambiguation of 'Saussurea costus': 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: costusroot

Inflected forms

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