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الشرعوف

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to specific botanical terms, referring to a type of plant or its fruit, and also to the protective covering of a date palm's spathe.

Derived headwords

الشَّرْعُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    plantboth

    A type of plant.

  2. 2.
    fruit of a plantboth

    The fruit produced by a specific plant.

الشَّرْعَافnoun
  1. 1.
    spathe coveringclassical

    The outer covering or sheath of the spathe of a date palm, specifically from the male flower (فحال).

Parallel reading

الشَّرْعُوف، كعصفور: نبت، أو ثمر نبت.
Al-shar'oof, like 'asfoor: a plant, or the fruit of a plant.
والشرعاف، بالكسر وبالضم: قشر طلعة الفحال من النخل.
And al-shar'aaf, with kasra and with damma: the peel of the spathe of the male flower of the date palm.