The meaning of COUS is an herb (Lomatium cous) of the northwestern U.S. having edible roots.

The earliest known use of the noun cous is in the 1800s. OED's earliest evidence for cous is from 1806, in the writing of Meriwether Lewis.

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Latin, English. Cous [Coa, Coum] adjective. its wine / fine silk + adjective. of / from / belonging to Cos (island in Aegean, now Stanchio)

a member of a loosely confederated group of Algonquian peoples in SE Massachusetts or their present-day descendants. SEE FULL DEFINITION.

1. Used to introduce something that one does not believe serves on its own as an appropriate justification for something else. What on earth were you thinking?

a food, originally from North Africa, consisting of crushed wheat, that is often served with meat or vegetables

COU ; COU nm, ES; sigla (Curso de Orientación Universitaria) (US), orientation course, orientation n ; (UK), pre-U course, pre-uni course, pre-university course n.

Il est allé et a trouvé un serpent encerclant leurs cous. He went and and found a snake encircling their necks.