كَشُوثٌ
1.
(S, K) and كُشُوثٌ and كَشُوثَى and كَشُوثَاءُ (of the feminine gender, Ibn-Buzruj, in TA, voce هِنْدَبٌ) and أُكْشُوثٌ but this last is a bad word, (K,) [as also شَكُوثَى and شَكُوثَاءُ,] [A species of cuscuta, or dodder;] a certain plant that clings to the branches of trees, having no root in the earth. (S, K.) [See also الشَّجَرَةُ
الخَبِيثَةُ, in article خبث. And see الفَقْدُ and سَكَرٌ.]
2.
A poet says,
[He is the Kashooth: therefore (he has) no root nor leaves nor fragrance, nor shade nor fruit]. (S.)هُوَ الكَشُوثُ فَلَا أَصْلٌ وَلَا وَرَقٌوَلَا نَسِيمٌ وَلَا ظِلٌّ وَلَا ثَمَرُ