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كبس
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaكِبَاسَةٌ ذ A raceme, (S, A, Msb, K,) or large raceme, (TA,) of a palm-tree, (A, * Msb, K, *) or of dates, like the عُنْقُود of grapes, (S,) complete, with its شَمَارِيخ, [or fruit-stalks, pl. of شِمْرَاخٌ,] (A, TA,) and its dates: (TA:) pl. كَبَائِسُ. (A, Msb.) [A كباسة of moderate size has about one hundred شماريخ; the longest شمراخ having about fifty dates, and being about two feet and a half in length; and the shortest having about thirty dates, and being about one foot in length.] ― -b2- Also applied by AHn, to (tropical:) A raceme of [ the fruit called ] فُوفَل. (TA.)
Derived headwords
كِبَاسَةٌ
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