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علك
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaعِلْكٌ ذ [ Resin; ] a certain thing that is chewed; (S, O;) the صَمْغ [meaning resin ] of the صَنَوْبَر and of the أَرْزَة and of the فُسْتُق and of the سَرْو and of the يَنْبُوت and of the بُطْم; the last of which is the best of these; (K, TA;) like لُبَان [or frankincense ], which is chewed and is not thereby liquefied; (TA;) heating, diuretic, and strengthening to the venereal faculty; (K, TA;) any صَمْغ [or resin ] that is chewed, consisting of frankincense (لُبَان) and of other sorts, and that does not flow [ in consequence of its being chewed ]: (Msb:) pl. [of mult.] عُلُوكٌ (Msb, K) and [of pauc.] أَعْلاَكٌ. (Msb, TA.)
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