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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The costus, Heterotrichum Lappa. See
costus-root and Saussurea.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The fragrant roots of the
Saussurea Costus , exported from India to China, and used for burning as incense. It is supposed to be thecostus of the ancients.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
fragrant roots of Saussurea costus, used asincense .
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