Cowhages

/ˈkaʊhɪdʒɪz/ noun

Definition

Plural of cowhage; multiple specimens of the itching-plant species.

Etymology

Plural form of 'cowhage' created by adding the regular English plural suffix '-s' to the singular noun borrowed from Hindi.

Kelly Says

This word preserves evidence of English's hunger for useful plant vocabulary—when colonizers encountered new plants, they often kept the local names rather than inventing English ones, creating our multicultural botanical vocabulary.

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