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فوفل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a specific type of fruit or tree, often described as resembling a date or being hard like wood. It is associated with a plant that bears these fruits, sometimes compared to a coconut palm.

Derived headwords

الفوفلnoun
  1. 1.
    fruit of a palm treeclassical

    The fruit of a specific type of palm tree, described as hard and resembling a piece of wood.

  2. 2.
    a type of treeclassical

    A tree that bears a fruit called 'fufal', likened to a date or growing in pods.

فوفلnoun
  1. 1.
    date-like fruitclassical

    A fruit that is similar in appearance to a date.

Parallel reading

قال أبو حنيفة: الفوفل ثمر نخلة وهو صلب كأنه عود خشب
Abu Hanifa said: The fufal is the fruit of a palm tree, and it is hard as if it were a piece of wood.
وقال مرة: شجر الفوفل نخلة مثل نخلة النارجيل تحمل كبائس فيها الفوفل أمثال التمر
And Murra said: The fufal tree is a palm tree like the coconut palm, bearing pods in which is the fufal, resembling dates.