cousn.

Brit.

/kaʊs/, U.S.

/kaʊs/

Forms: 1800s caious, 1800s couse, 1800s cow-as, 1800s cows, 1800s– cous, 1800s– cowish Brit.

/ˈkaʊɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈkaʊɪʃ/, 1900s– cowas, 1900s– kouse.

Origin: A borrowing from Nez Perce. Etymon: Nez Perce qáaws.

Etymology: < Nez Perce qáaws, denoting the peeled and dried root.

U.S.

A herbaceous plant native to western North America, Lomatium cous (family Apiaceae), which has a starchy edible root previously used as a source of food by North American Indians; the root itself. Also more fully cous biscuitroot. Cf. biscuitroot n. at biscuit n. and adj. Compounds 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > other root vegetables

skirret1338

pease earthnut1548

skirret-root1565

rampion1573

Tragopogon1578

oca1604

tuckahoe1612

groundnut1636

sedge-root1648

breadroot1756

tannia1756

rush nut1783

wapato1796

cous1806

vegetable oyster1806

prairie turnip1811

prairie potato1828

murnong1836

Tartarian bread1836

biscuitroot1837

yam-bean1864

tiger-nut1887

wasabi1903

ramp1946

sunchoke1955

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > other root vegetables or plants producing them

skirret-root1565

Spanish nut1597

oca1604

tuckahoe1612

sisyrinchium1629

sedge-root1648

arrowroot1681

breadroot1756

tannia1756

rush nut1783

wapato1796

cous1806

prairie turnip1811

prairie potato1828

native potato1833

murnong1836

Tartarian bread1836

biscuitroot1837

tobacco-root1845

amadumbi1851

chufa1860

yam-bean1864

parsnip chervil1866

tiger-nut1887

yautia1899

wasabi1903

1806 M. Lewis Jrnl. 4 May in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1991) VII. 205 A great portion of the Chopunnish..are now distributed in small villages through this plain collecting the quawmash and cows.

1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville III. i. 9 The cowish, also, or biscuit root, about the size of a walnut, which they reduce to a very palatable flour.

1874 H. H. Bancroft Native Races Pacific States I. iii. 265 Chief among the roots are the camas, a sweet, onion-like bulb, which grows in moist prairies, the couse, which flourishes in more sterile and rocky spots, and the bitter-root.

1913 F. Rolt-Wheeler Boy with U.S. Indians vi. 177 Kouse-root bread, arrowhead and wildpotato cakes were added to the bill of fare.

1981 Walla Walla (Washington) Union-Bull. 11 May 2/2 The Indian dug the root of the cous, pounded it into flour and made flat cakes to carry.

2018 Wildflowers Rocky Mountain Region 388 Lomatium cous..cous biscuitroot... Grows in sunny areas, tundra, rocky outcrops, sage meadows, and meadows, as far north as Canada's Cypress Hills.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cous
释义	cousn. Brit. /kaʊs/, U.S. /kaʊs/ Forms: 1800s caious, 1800s couse, 1800s cow-as, 1800s cows, 1800s– cous, 1800s– cowish Brit. /ˈkaʊɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈkaʊɪʃ/, 1900s– cowas, 1900s– kouse. Origin: A borrowing from Nez Perce. Etymon: Nez Perce qáaws. Etymology: < Nez Perce qáaws, denoting the peeled and dried root. U.S. A herbaceous plant native to western North America, Lomatium cous (family Apiaceae), which has a starchy edible root previously used as a source of food by North American Indians; the root itself. Also more fully cous biscuitroot. Cf. biscuitroot n. at biscuit n. and adj. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > root vegetable > [noun] > other root vegetables skirret1338 pease earthnut1548 skirret-root1565 rampion1573 Tragopogon1578 oca1604 tuckahoe1612 groundnut1636 sedge-root1648 breadroot1756 tannia1756 rush nut1783 wapato1796 cous1806 vegetable oyster1806 prairie turnip1811 prairie potato1828 murnong1836 Tartarian bread1836 biscuitroot1837 yam-bean1864 tiger-nut1887 wasabi1903 ramp1946 sunchoke1955 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > other root vegetables or plants producing them skirret-root1565 Spanish nut1597 oca1604 tuckahoe1612 sisyrinchium1629 sedge-root1648 arrowroot1681 breadroot1756 tannia1756 rush nut1783 wapato1796 cous1806 prairie turnip1811 prairie potato1828 native potato1833 murnong1836 Tartarian bread1836 biscuitroot1837 tobacco-root1845 amadumbi1851 chufa1860 yam-bean1864 parsnip chervil1866 tiger-nut1887 yautia1899 wasabi1903 1806 M. Lewis Jrnl. 4 May in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1991) VII. 205 A great portion of the Chopunnish..are now distributed in small villages through this plain collecting the quawmash and cows. 1837 W. Irving Adventures Capt. Bonneville III. i. 9 The cowish, also, or biscuit root, about the size of a walnut, which they reduce to a very palatable flour. 1874 H. H. Bancroft Native Races Pacific States I. iii. 265 Chief among the roots are the camas, a sweet, onion-like bulb, which grows in moist prairies, the couse, which flourishes in more sterile and rocky spots, and the bitter-root. 1913 F. Rolt-Wheeler Boy with U.S. Indians vi. 177 Kouse-root bread, arrowhead and wildpotato cakes were added to the bill of fare. 1981 Walla Walla (Washington) Union-Bull. 11 May 2/2 The Indian dug the root of the cous, pounded it into flour and made flat cakes to carry. 2018 Wildflowers Rocky Mountain Region 388 Lomatium cous..cous biscuitroot... Grows in sunny areas, tundra, rocky outcrops, sage meadows, and meadows, as far north as Canada's Cypress Hills. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1806
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