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فرفخ

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

فَرْفَخٌ ذ (S, A, L, K) and ↓ فَرْفَخَةٌ, (L,) [the former app. a coll. gen. n., and the latter the n. un., Purslane, or garden purslane; ] the herb called البَقْلَةُ الحَمْقَاآءُ, (S, A, L,) which does not grow in Nejd, (L,) also called فَرْفِينٌ, (S, A,) i. q. رِجْلَةٌ: (S, L, K:) an arabicized word, from the Pers. PَرْPَهْن, which signifies “ broad-winged. ” (AHn, L, K.) ― -b2- Also, the former, The كَعَابِر [which are things that are taken forth, or picked out, and thrown away, in the clearing ] of wheat. (K.)

Derived headwords

فَرْفَخٌ
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البَقْلَةُ الحَمْقَاآءُ