Crossword clues for cous
The Collaborative International Dictionary
cous
Cowish \Cow"ish\, n. (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant ( Peucedanum Cous) with edible tuberous roots, found in Oregon. [Written also cous.]
Usage examples of "cous".
The steam from bowls of couscous and stews of mutton and vegetables curled up to join the thin smoke that made a light curtain about this fantasia, and from time to time, with a shrill cry of exultation, a half-naked form, all gleaming eyes and teeth and polished bronze-hued limbs, rushed out of the blackness beyond the fire, leaped through the tongues of flame and vanished like a spectre into the embrace of the night.