Also -veyr, -vert, vitivert. [ad. F. vétyver, ad. Tamil vettivēru (f. vēr root).] = CUSCUS2.
[1846. Lindley, Veget. Kingd., 113. The Anatherum muricatum, called Vetiver by the French, and Khus in India.]
1858. Simmonds, Dict. Trade, Vetiveyr, a name for the Khuskus grass; a scent or perfume so named. Ibid. (1883), Vetivert, a perfumer’s name for kuskus root.
1886. Buck’s Handbk. Med. Sci., II. 308/1. Aromatic substances, such as vanilla, tonba bean, orris, and vetiver root.
1899. M. Thornhill, Haunts Indian Oficial, 18. I saw some [roots of Khuskhus] once years ago in a shop in Bond Street. It was there known under the name of ‘vitivert.’
