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COSTUSROOT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does costusroot mean?
• COSTUSROOT (noun)
The noun COSTUSROOT has 1 sense:
1. annual herb of the eastern Himalayas (Kashmir) having purple florets and a fragrant root that yields a volatile oil used in perfumery and for preserving furs
Familiarity information: COSTUSROOT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annual herb of the eastern Himalayas (Kashmir) having purple florets and a fragrant root that yields a volatile oil used in perfumery and for preserving furs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
costusroot; Saussurea costus; Saussurea lappa
Hypernyms ("costusroot" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("costusroot" is a member of...):
genus Saussurea; Saussurea (genus of herbs of temperate and cool regions of Eurasia)
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