costus

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A perennial tropical herbaceous plant of the genus Costus (family Costaceae).
2. noun Saussurea costus, a composite growing on the Himalayas in the vicinity of Kashmir, or its root.

Similar words

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