خَصْبَةٌ
Root: خصب
Full Definition
2 Also, [app. as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant,] A palm-tree having much fruit: pl. خِصَابٌ and خَصْبٌ : or خَصْبٌ [is properly a coll. gen. n., and] signifies palm-trees [absolutely:] and خَصْبَةٌ signifies a palmtree of the kind called نَخْلَةُ الدَّقَلِ, in the dial. of the people of El-Bahreyn, or of Nejd; and its pl. is خِصَابٌ.
3 It is said that خَصْبٌ signifies also The spadix of the palm-tree: so in the K: and accord. to Lth, خَصْبَةٌ signifies a single spadix of a palm-tree: but [it is probably a mistranscription for خَضْبَةٌ, with the pointed ض:] Az says that he who assigns to it this meaning errs.
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