إِذْخِرٌ

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إِذْخِرٌ [A kind of sweet rush; juncus odoratus; or schœnanthum;] a certain plant, or herb, well known, in form resembling the كَوْلَان [or papyrus-plant], sweet-smelling, or of pungent odour; which, when it dries, becomes white; used for roofing houses, over the wood, and for graves: it has a root hidden in the ground, slender, pungent in odour; and is like the straight stalks of the كَوْلَان [or papyrus-plant], save that it is wider, and smaller in the كُعُوب [which means either the joints or the internodal portions]; and it has a fruit resembling the brooms of reeds, but more slender, and smaller: it is ground, and is an ingredient in perfumes: it grows in rugged and in smooth grounds; but seldom does more than one grow on the same spot: when it dries, it becomes white: 'Iyád asserts that its ء is a radical letter; but this is a mistake: the n. un. is إِذْخِرَةٌ; which is applied to a single plant, or to a single fascicle thereof.

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