قرع

حُبُّ القَرْعِ ذ Worms in the belly. (TA, voce شهدانج.) But see دُودُ القَرْحِ. القَرْع is not a mistake for القَرْح: حَبُّ القَرْحِ is a corruption, found in medical books: حب القرع is a name of the tape-worm, because each joint of it resembles a grain, or seed, of the gourd. (IbrD.)