Cuscuta

See also: cuscuta

Translingual

Etymology

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. Doublet of Cassytha.

Proper noun

Cuscuta f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Convolvulaceae – dodders.
  2. A taxonomic subgenus within the family Convolvulaceae – Cuscuta subg. Cuscuta.

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