مرج

مَرْجَانٌ ذ , a coll. gen. n.; n. un. with ة; (L;) Small pearls: (AHeyth, T, S, K:) or the like thereof: or large pearls: (El-Wáhidee:) or coral, بُسَّذٌ, which is a red gem: or red beads; which is the meaning assigned to the word by Ibn-Mes'ood, and is agreeable with the common acceptation thereof; or, accord. to Et-Tarasoosee (or, as in the TA, Et-Turtooshee, and so correctly accord. to MF) certain red roots that grow up in the sea, like the fingers of the hand: [vulgarly pronounced مُرْجَان:] the ن is said to be an augmentative letter, because there is no Arabic word of the measure فَعْلَالٌ, except such as are reduplicative, like خَلْخَالٌ: but Az says, I know not whether it be a triliteral-radical word or a quadriliteral: (Msb:) IKtt asserts it to be of the measure فَعْلَالٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- Also A leguminous plant that grows in the season called الرَّبِيع, (K,) rising to the height of a cubit, with red twigs, and broad round leaves, very dense, juicy, satisfying thirst, and having the property of making the milk of animals that feed upon it to become abundant: (TA:) n. un. with ة. (K.)