حَارِصَةٌ
Root: حرص
Full Definition
2 Also, and حَرِيصَةٌ , A cloud (سَحَابَةٌ) the rain of which, falling vehemently, removes the surface of the ground. One says, رَأَيْتُ العَرَبَ حَرِيصَهْ عَلَى وَقْعِ [I saw the Arabs vehemently desirous of the descent of the cloud of which the rain should fall vehemently so as to remove the surface of the ground].
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