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costus

UK/ˈkɒstəs/

costus noun: a perennial tropical herbaceous plant of the genus Costus (family Costaceae).

costus: a perennial tropical herbaceous plant of the genus Costus (family Costaceae)
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Noun

costus (plural costuses)

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

costus meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Arabic

costus in Tamil

அட்டகந்தம்

costus in Urdu

پچوک

costus in Arabic

perennial tropical herbaceous plant of the genus Costus
قُسْط qusṭ
Saussurea costus
قُسْط qusṭ

Forms of costus

pluralcostuses

Origin of costus

Learned borrowing from Latin costus, from Ancient Greek κόστος (kóstos), from Sanskrit कुष्ठ (kuṣṭha).

Words formed from costus

  • costusroot

Questions about costus

What does costus mean?
Costus means a perennial tropical herbaceous plant of the genus Costus (family Costaceae).
What is costus in Tamil?
Costus in Tamil is அட்டகந்தம். See Costus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is costus?
Costus is a noun.
How do you pronounce costus?
Costus is pronounced /ˈkɒstəs/ (UK).
What is the plural of costus?
The plural of costus is costuses.

Words near costus in the dictionary

  1. costumings
  2. costumist
  3. costumists
  4. costumy
  5. costunolide
  6. costus
  7. costuses
  8. costusoside
  9. costware
  10. costworthy
  11. cosubject

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: costus (page history and authors); costus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); costus (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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