لوز

لَوْزٌ ذ [The almond; or almonds; ] the fruit of a certain tree; (Msb, TA;) well known; (A, Msb, K;) abundant in the countries of the Arabs; said by some to be a species of مِزْج, which is that whereof the edible part is not attained save by breaking; by others said to be bruised, or brayed, مِزْج; and also called قُمْرُوصٌ: it is of two kinds, sweet and bitter: (TA:) the sweet is of moderate temperature, beneficial to the chest and the lungs and the bladder, ( by reason of its soft nature, TA,) and the eating thereof, shelled, with sugar, augments the marrow and brain, and fattens: the bitter is hot in the third degree, opens stoppages of the nose, clears away [ the spots in the skin called ] نَمَش, and stills pain, (K [but omitted in the CK] and TA,) when it [app. meaning its oil ] is drunk, and when dropped into the ear; (TA;) and it relaxes the bowels, and causes sleep, (K, TA,) when the soles of the feet are anointed with it, and when it is introduced into the nose; (TA;) and it is diuretic: (K, TA:) it is an Arabic word: (Msb, TA:) a coll. gen. n.: (TA:) n. un. with ة. (S, Msb, K.) -A2- [Hence,] اللَّوْزَتَانِ (tropical:) [ The amygdalæ of the fauces; also called the tonsils; ] two pieces of flesh in the two sides of the fauces. (A, TA.) ― -b2- (tropical:) The two sockets of the hips, where the heads of the thigh-bones are inserted. (A, TS, TA.)