سكب

سَكَبٌ ذ : see the next preceding paragraph, latter half, in three places. -A2- Also A certain kind of tree, (S, K,) of sweet odour, (S,) as though its odour were that of [ the perfume called ] خَلُوق [q. v.], growing apart from others, upon a single root, having a downy substance, and leaves like those of the صَعْتَر [ a species of origanum, or marjoram ], except in being more green: it grows in the plains and the valleys; and what has dried up thereof is of no use to any one: it has a fruit which is eaten, and the people of El-Hijáz make of it a [ beverage such as is termed ] نَبِيذ: its fruit does not grow forth in one year, but only in several years: AHn says that the سَكَب is a herb that rises to the height of a cubit, having dustcoloured leaves like those of the هِنْدَبَاآء [or endive ], and a blossom intensely white, of the form of that of the فِرْسِك [i. e. peach, or a species or variety thereof ]: (TA:) n. un. with ة: (S, TA:) As mentions the سَكَب as one of the plants of the plain, or soft, tracts. (TA.) ― -b2- It is also said to be The [ plant called ] ريح [app. رَيِّح or رِيح which seem to be coll. gen. ns. of each of which the n. un. is with ة (see رَيِّحَةٌ)], having a yellow blossom. (TA.) ― -b3- And The anemone (شَقَائِقُ النُّعْمَانِ). (K.) ― -b4- And One of the trees of the hot season. (TA.)