cous
cous — 名詞
1. a wild herb (Lomatium cous) native to the northwestern United States, whose root
寇斯草
北美西北部一種野生草，根部可食用
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.
每年春天，烏馬提拉家族在山坡上挖掘寇斯草的根部，趁植株開花之前採收。
headword in context of seasonal harvesting
Roasted **cous** roots taste sweet and nutty, and were traded across the Plateau region.
烤過的寇斯草根帶有甜味與堅果香，曾是高原地區的交易物資。
headword in culinary and trade context
A foraging guide to the Northwest includes drawings of **cous** to help hikers identify it.
一本西北地區的野外採集指南收錄了寇斯草的插圖，幫助登山者辨識這種植物。
Ecologists from the Nez Perce tribe are working to restore **cous** in areas damaged by wildfires.
內茲佩爾斯族的生態學家正在努力恢復遭野火破壞地區的寇斯草。
用法筆記
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.