cuscuta

See also: Cuscuta

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kusˈku.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kusˈku.ta]

Noun

cuscuta f (plural cuscutes)

1. dodder (plant of genus Cuscuta)

   Synonym: cabells d'àngel

Further reading

• “cuscuta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Italian

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.sku.ta/
• Rhymes: -uskuta
• Hyphenation: cù‧scu‧ta

Noun

cuscuta f (plural cuscute)

1. dodder (plant of genus Cuscuta)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kusˈkuta/ [kusˈku.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -uta
• Syllabification: cus‧cu‧ta

Noun

cuscuta f (plural cuscutas)

1. dodder (plant)

Further reading

• “cuscuta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014