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): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kusˈku.tə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [kusˈku.ta] === Noun === cuscuta f (plural cuscutes) dodder (plant of genus Cuscuta) Synonym: cabells d'àngel === Further reading === “cuscuta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == 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): /ˈkus.ku.ta/ Rhymes: -uskuta Hyphenation: cù‧scu‧ta === Noun === cuscuta f (plural cuscute) dodder (plant of genus Cuscuta) == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kusˈkuta/ [kusˈku.t̪a] Rhymes: -uta Syllabification: cus‧cu‧ta === Noun === cuscuta f (plural cuscutas) dodder (plant) === Further reading === “cuscuta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025