نبج
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaأَنْبَجٌ ذ and ↓ أَنْبِجٌ The fruit of a certain Indian tree, (K,) which is preserved, or made into a confection, with honey; in form like the peach, with the head edged (مُحَرَّف); [but this seems rather to apply to a kind mentioned below, resembling the almond;] it is brought to El-'Irák; and has within it a stone like that of the peach: (L:) an arabicized word, from [the Persian] أَنْبْ [or أَنَبْ]. (K.) ― -b2- Hence ↓ أَنْبِجَاتٌ, (L,) with kesreh to the ب, Medical confections: app. an arabicized word: (S:) or confections, or preserves, made with honey, of the أُتْرُجّ and اـِهْلِيلَج and the like. (L.) ― -b3- Accord. to AHn, انبج is the name of Certain trees abounding in Arabia, in the districts of 'Omán; planted; they are of two kinds; one of these has a fruit resembling the almond, which is sweet from the commencement of its growth; the other has a fruit in appearance like the Damask plum (اـِجَّاص), is at first sour, and then becomes sweet when ripe: each has a stone, and has a sweet odour: the fruit of the sour kind is pressed down in jars, or earthern pots, [حِبَاب: so I read for جباب:] while fresh, and kept until it attains to a ripe state, when it becomes as though it were the banana, in its odour and taste: the tree grows great so as to become like the walnut (جَوْز), which it resembles also in its leaves: and when it attains to perfection, the sweet [fruit] is yellow; and the bitter, [or sour, ] red. (L.)
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