cuscuta

Betekenis (Engels)

dodder (plant of genus Cuscuta)

Vertalings

Seide

dodder

Cuscuta grandiflora

cuscuta

cuscute

cúscuta

ḥāmūl

Gekoppel as

cù‧scu‧ta

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈkus.ku.ta/

Etimologie (Engels)

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.