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فقح

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

فُقَّاحٌ ذ A certain herb, (K, TA,) resembling the أُقْحُوَان [or chamomile ] in its growth and its place of growth; n. un. with ة: it is one of the plants growing in the sands; and it is said that its flower is more contracted than that of the chamomile, and that the dust, or earth, sticks to it as it does to the [ herb called ] حَمَصِيص: (TA:) or the flower of the اـِذْخِر [or juncus odoratus ]; (S, K, TA;) said by Az to be a sort of perfume, sometimes put into medicine, called فُقَّاحُ الاـِذْخِرِ; and it is the flower of the اـِذْخِر when its calyx opens: (TA:) or the flower, or blossom, of any plant, (K, TA,) when it opens, whatever be its لَوْن [i. e. colour, or kind ]; (TA;) as also ↓ فَقْحَةٌ, (K, TA,) thus with fet-h and sukoon. (TA. [Written by Golius فُقْحَةٌ.]) ― -b2- Also (tropical:) A woman of goodly, or beautiful, make, or form. (Kr, K, TA.)

Derived headwords

فُقَّاحٌ
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فُقَّاحُ الاـِذْخِرِ