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قنبط

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

قُنَّبِيطٌ ذ [ Cauliflower; ] the thickest species of كُرُنْب; (K;) called in the dial. of Egypt قَرْنَبِيطٌ; mentioned in the S in art. قبط; [but only as a thing well known;] the author of the S regarding the ن as augmentative: (TA:) it renders the breath stinking; and causes a thickness, or grossness, [app. of the humours; ] and she who uses its seed in the manner of a suppository in the vagina will not become pregnant: (K:) so say the physicians. (TA.)

Derived headwords

قُنَّبِيطٌ
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