Mêtî

cuscuta

Mane (Îngilîzî)

dodder (plant of genus Cuscuta)

Werger

Cuscuta grandiflora

cúscuta

ḥāmūl

Bi hîfenê ve hatîye girêdan wek
cù‧scu‧ta
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈkus.ku.ta/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

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.

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