علب

عِلْبٌ ذ : see عَلْبٌ, in three places. ― -b2- Also A place where the سِدْر [ rhamnus nabeca, or rhamnus spina Christi, a species of lote-tree, ] grows: pl. عُلُوبٌ. (AZ, O, K.) [Accord. to Forskål, (Flora Aegypt. Arab., p. cvi.,) علب (thus written by him, and also “ œlb, ” app. for عِلْب,) is an appel-lation applied by some in El-Yemen to the tree which he calls Rhamnus nabeca rectus. ] ― -b3- And A man such that one should not covet, or hope to get, what he has, (O, K,) whether of words or of other than words. (O.) ― -b4- And one says, اـِنَّهُ لَعِلْبُ شَرٍّ Verily he is strong to do evil, or mischief. (TA.)