cousa
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Related to cousa: Kousa Dogwood, Cpusa
cou·sa
(ko͞o′sə)n.
A variety of summer squash (Cucurbita pepo) having an elongated shape and a thin, light green rind mottled with white.
[Levantine and Egyptian colloquial Arabic kūsā, summer squash, cousa, of Romance origin; akin to Piedmontese dialectal Italian coussa, summer squash, Italian cucuzza, pumpkin, summer squash and zucca, pumpkin, summer squash, all ultimately from Late Latin cucutia, a kind of edible gourd; see zucchini.]
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