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ذر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

ذَرِيرَةٌ ذ (S, A, Msb, K) and ↓ ذَرُورٌ (S, Msb, K) A kind of perfume, (Msb, K,) the particles of the قَصَبُ الطِّيبِ [or calamus aromaticus, also called قَصَبُ الذَّرِيرَةِ, q. v., in art. قصب], (T, M, A, Msb,) which is brought from India, (A, Msb,) and resembles the reeds of which arrows are made: (T, A, Msb:) its internodal portions are filled with a white substance like spiders' webs; and when powdered, it is a perfume, inclining to yellowness and whiteness: (Sgh, Msb:) or, as some say, it is a mixed kind of perfume: (TA:) [but this, if correct, seems to be a second application:] pl. of the latter, أَذِرَّةٌ. (S, K.)

Derived headwords

ذَرِيرَةٌ
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قَصَبُ الطِّيبِ
قَصَبُ الذَّرِيرَةِ