إِذْخِرٌ
Root: ذخر
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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
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