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costus
costus
English
Noun
costus (plural 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.
References
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costus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Putchock in the 1920 edition of Encyclopedia Americana.