خَرُّوبٌ

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خَرُّوبٌ and خُرْنُوبٌ , mentioned by Az as radically quadriliteral, (TA in art. خرنب,) and , but this last is of weak authority, or not allowable, a coll. gen. n.; n. un. with ة; A kind of tree, growing upon the mountains of Syria, having grains (حَبّ) like those of the يَنْبُوت [q. v.], called by the children of El- 'Irák القِثَّآءُ الشَّامِىُّ, dry, or tough, and black: (Az, TA in art. خرنب:) a certain plant, well known: said by some to be kind of tree [or plant] called خَشْخَاش [i. e. poppy]: certain trees, of which there are two kinds, wild (بَرِّىٌّ), and Syrian (شَامِىٌّ): the former kind is also called يَنْبُوتَةٌ; and this is thorny, used as fuel, rising to the height of a cubit, having branches, with a fruit black (أَحَمُّ) and light, like bubbles, in the copies of the K كَالتُّفَّاحِ, but correctly كَالنُّفَاخِ, disagreeable in taste, not eaten except in cases of difficulty, or distress; having grains (حَبّ) which are hard and lubricous: the Syrian kind [is that to which the name of خرّوب is now commonly applied, the carob, or locust-tree; ceratonia siliqua; the fruit of which] is sweet, and is eaten; having grains (حَبّ) like those of the يَنْبُوت, but larger; the fruit of this kind is like the خِيَار شَنْبَر [or cassia fistula], but wide; and from it are prepared an inspissated juice and [a kind of] سَوِيق [or parched meal]. [Its grain is used as a weight: see قِيرَاطٌ and دِرْهَمٌ and دِينَارٌ.]

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