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آسٌ

Root: اوس

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آسٌ [The myrtle;] a certain kind of tree, well known, fragrant, and evergreen, abundant in the land of the Arabs, growing in the plains and mountains, and increasing so as to become a great tree: n. un. with ة: IDrd says, I think it an adventitious word, although used by the Arabs, and occurring in chaste poetry.
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