فحو

فَحًا ذ and فِحًى, (S, K,) the former of which is the more common, (S,) The seeds that are used in cooking, for seasoning the food; (S, K;) as also ↓ فَحْوَاآءُ: or the dry thereof: (K:) pl. أَفْحَاآءٌ; (S, K;) which is said by IAth to signify the [ seeds called ] تَوَابِل of the cooking-pot, such as pepper and cumin-seed and the like thereof. (TA.) And it is said to signify particularly The onion, or onions collectively. (TA.) Thus in a trad. of Mo'áwiyeh, in which he is related to have said to a party who came to him, كُلُوا مِنْ فَحَا أَرْضِنَا فَقَلَّ مَا أَكَلَ قَوْمٌ مِنْ فَحَا أَرْضٍ فَضَرَّهُمْ مَاؤُهَا [ Eat ye of the seasoning of our land (meaning of the onions,) for rarely have people eaten of the seasoning of a land and the water thereof has harmed them ]. (TA: and the like is said in the S, but not so fully.)