| 释义 |
‖ kousso|ˈkʊsəʊ|
Also kuosso, cusso, kosso, koso.
[Abyssinian.]
The dried flowers of an Abyssinian plant, Hagenia (Brayera) abyssinica (family Rosaceæ), used as an anthelmintic.
1851Illustr. Catal. Gt. Exhib. 197 Kuosso, from Abyssinia (Brayera anthelmintica). The blossom of a tree..the native remedy..for the removal of tapeworm. 1876Harley Mat. Med. (ed. 6) 620 Kuosso is an irritant. 1889Watt Dict. Econ. Prod. India I. 534 Cusso or Kousso..a bazaar commercial article in Bombay; it comes direct from Africa. 1936E. Waugh Waugh in Abyssinia i. 13 His mother lived by selling kosso, a specific against tapeworm, in the streets of Gondar. |