cous
cous — noun
1. a wild herb (Lomatium cous) native to the northwestern United States, whose root
a wild herb (Lomatium cous) native to the northwestern United States, whose roots were traditionally dug up and eaten by Native American peoples — they can be roasted, dried, or ground into flour.
Each spring, the Umatilla families dug **cous** roots from the hillsides before the plants flowered.
headword in context of seasonal harvesting
Roasted **cous** roots taste sweet and nutty, and were traded across the Plateau region.
headword in culinary and trade context
A foraging guide to the Northwest includes drawings of **cous** to help hikers identify it.
Ecologists from the Nez Perce tribe are working to restore **cous** in areas damaged by wildfires.
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This is a botanical and ethnobotanical term, rarely encountered in everyday conversation. It refers specifically to Lomatium cous, a wild plant of the northwestern US, and does not apply to other edible roots.