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دُخْنٌ

Root: دخن

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دُخْنٌ A well-known kind of grain; i. q. جَاوَرْسٌ; [i. e.] the grain of the جاورس: or a certain grain smaller than that, very smooth, cold, dry, and constipating: [a species of millet; the holcus saccharatus of Linn.; holcus dochna of Forskål; sorghum saccharatum of Delile: and the holcus spicatus of Linn.: and the panicum miliaceum of Linn.: ] n. un. with ة; signifying a single grain thereof.
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