noun
kusum
noun
1
A tree (Schleichera oleosa) whose seeds are pressed for a multi-purpose oil used in cooking, cosmetics, and lamp fuel.
"Kusum oil is traditionally used to treat dry skin."
How to Use Kusum
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn oil-seed tree found across South Asia; also used as a female given name.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit kusuma, meaning "flower."