عرد

عَرَادٌ ذ , applied to a plant, Thick and hard. (AHn, O, K.) ― -b2- And A certain plant, (S, O, K,) of the kind termed حَمْض, (S,) hard and erect: (TA:) or a certain herb, said to be [ of the kind termed ] حَمْض, eaten by the camels, growing in sands and sand-plains: or, as some say, it is [ a sort ] of the نَجِيل [q. v.] that grows in good and salubrious land, remote from water: n. un. with ة: Az says, I have seen the عَرَادَة in the desert, [ a plant ] having hard wood, spreading branches, and no scent. (L.) ― -b3- See also عَرَادَةٌ.