عرب

عَرَابٌ ذ The fruit of the species of tree called خَزَم [q. v.], of the bark of which [ tree ] ropes are made: (O, K, TA:) [ beads which are used in prayer are made thereof, (Freytag, from the Deewán of the Hudhalees,) i. e., of the berries thus called, and ] it [the fruit] is eaten by the apes, or monkeys, and sometimes, in a case of hunger, by men: n. un. with ة. (O, TA.)