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دُعْبُبٌ

Root: دعب

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دُعْبُبٌ : see دُعَابَةٌ.

def.2 See also دَاعِبٌ:
2 and دُعْبُوبٌ.
3 Also A good, or an excellent, singer.
4 A youth soft or tender, thin-skinned, or fine-shinned, and plump.

def.3 The fruit of a certain plant: or the plant itself, namely, عَنِبُ الثَّعْلَبِ; [see art. ثعلب;] of the dial. of El-Yemen.
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