هبد

هَبِيدٌ ذ The colocynth; as also ↓ هَبْدٌ: (L, K:) or the seeds of the colocynth; (S, A, L, K;) as also هَبْدٌ: (L, K:) n. un. of the former, [which is a coll. gen. n.,] with ة: (L:) or the pulp of the colocynth. (AHeyth, L.) ― -b2- [See بَرْوَقٌ] ― -b3- Also, A certain food, which is eaten in cases of necessity, made by breaking colocynths, and taking forth their seeds, and macerating these in water, that their bitterness may go, and then cooking them: (Nh, L:) or colocynths macerated for some days in water, then washed, and, after their upper rind has been thrown away, cooked; to which is added some flour; and sometimes عَصِيدَة is made of it: (AA, L:) or a food made by macerating in water the seeds of dried colocynths, and heating this water until its bitterness has gone, then pouring upon it some grease, and sprinkling upon it a little flour, after which it is supped. (L.)