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استصمغ

Root: صمغ

Form: 10

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استصمغX He scarified the species of tree that produces صاب [q. v.] in order that its غِرَآء [meaning mucilage] might issue, i. e. in order that a certain bitter substance might issue from it, and concrete like صَبِر [i. e. aloes]: thus expl. by Abu-I-Ghowth.

def.2 And استصمغ He had a صَمْغَة, i. e. a small swelling, or pustule.
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