خزم
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaخُزَامَى خزام خزامى خزامي A certain plant, (JK, K, TA,) called also ↓ خُزَمٌ, (JK,) of sweet odour: (TA:) or i. q. خِيرِىُّ البَرِّ [q. v.]; (S, Msb, K;) accord. to El-Fárábee: one of the plants of the desert: said by Az to be a certain herb of sweet odour, having a flower like that of the violet: (Msb:) [accord. to the book entitled مَا لَا يَسَعُ الطَّبِيبَ جَهْلَهُ, as stated by Golius, a certain wild herb, having a long stalk, small leaves, red flower, and very sweet odour: ] its flower is the sweetest of flowers in odour; the fumigation therewith dispels every fetid odour; the use thereof as a suppository in the vagina promotes pregnancy; and the taking it internally restores to a right state the liver and the spleen, and the brain affected with cold: (K:) [in the present day, applied to the common lavender; lavandula spica: ] n. un. خُزَامَاةٌ. (TA.)
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