غيف

غَافٌ ذ A species of trees, (AHn, S, O, K,) growing in the sands, and becoming large, the leaves of which are smaller than those of the apple, which it resembles in character, or form, (AHn, O,) having a very sweet fruit, (AHn, O, K,) of the kind termed عُلَّف, like the pods (قُرُون) of the bean, and its wood is white; so, says AHn, I have been informed by some of the Arabs of 'Omán, which is the place of its origin: n. un. with ة: (O:) accord. to some of the Arabs, the species of trees called يَنْبُوت, [see this word, of which one description agrees exactly with that given above,] (O, K, * TA, *) which is found in 'Omán: (TA:) accord. to AZ, it is of the [ trees called ] عِضَاه, and is a tree like the قَرَظ [q. v.], thorny, of the region of El-Hijáz, growing in the [ high, or high and rugged, grounds called ] قِفَاف [pl. of قُفٌّ]. (TA.)