جَذَبٌ
Root: جذب
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جَذَبٌ
The pith that is at the head of the palmtree, from which the [fibres called] لِيف
are pulled off, and which is then eaten; as though so called because pulled off [or cut] from the tree; the heart, pith, or cerebrum, (جُمَّار,) of the palm-tree; so in some copies of the K; i. e. the شَحْم
of the palm-tree: or, as in some copies of the K, and in the M and L, only such as is coarse: as also
جِذَابٌ : n. un. جَذَبَةٌ. [See also جَذَمَةٌ.]
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