As nouns the difference between vermifuge and kousso
is that vermifuge is a drug that causes the expulsion or death of intestinal worms, such as tapeworms while kousso is an Ethiopian rosaceous tree whose flowers were used as a vermifuge, species: Hagenia abyssinica.
As an adjective vermifuge
is referring to something that acts as a drug to cause expulsion or death of intestinal worms.
vermifuge
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
(medicine, dated) Referring to something that acts as a drug to cause expulsion or death of intestinal worms.
Synonyms
* anthelmintic.
Derived terms
* vermifugal
Noun
(
en noun)
(medicine, dated) A drug that causes the expulsion or death of intestinal worms, such as tapeworms.
Synonyms
* anthelmintic
----
kousso
English
Alternative forms
* cusso
* kosso
Noun
(
Hagenia)
(botany) An Ethiopian rosaceous tree whose flowers were used as a vermifuge, .
(
Webster 1913)