κουσκούτα

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Εὐφήμει, ὦ ἄνθρωπε· ἁσμενέστατα μέντοι αὐτὸ ἀπέφυγον, ὥσπερ λυττῶντά τινα καὶ ἄγριον δεσπότην ἀποδράς → Hush, man, most gladly have I escaped this thing you talk of, as if I had run away from a raging and savage beast of a master

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Greek Monolingual

και κουσκούτη, η
βοτ. γένος αγγειόσπερμων δικότυλων φυτών της οικογένειας κουσκουτίδες.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Μεταφορά στην ελλ. ξεν. όρου, πρβλ. αγγλ. cuscuta < νεολατ. cuscuta < αραβ. kushūth, kashūta, kashūtha].