kouse
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Chinook Jargon.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaʊs/
Noun
kouse (uncountable)
- A plant or herb with edible roots, in the genus Lomatium, used in traditional Native American foods and medicines.
References
- ^ 2003, Ella E. Clark, Robert Bruce Inverarity, Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest, page 221
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “kouse”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Further reading
Afrikaans
Noun
kouse
- plural of kous