رِبَّةٌ
Root: رب
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رِبَّةٌ
: see the next preceding paragraph, first sentence.
2 [Hence its pl.] أَرِبَّةٌ signifies Confederates; [or] it is for ذَوُو أَرِبَّةٍ having covenants; أَرِبَّةٌ being said by AAF to be pl. of رِبَابٌ in the sense of عَهْدٌ.
def.2 Also A species of plant, of the [season called] صَيْف, remaining in the end of the صَيْف: or the name of a number of plants which do not dry up in the صَيْف, remaining green in the winter and the صيف [or summer]; among which are the حُلَّب and the رُخَامَى and the مَكْر and the عَلْقَى or عَلْقًى: [see رَبْلٌ:] or a certain soft, or tender, herb, or leguminous plant: or any plant that is green in the hot season: or certain species of trees, or of plants, undefined: pl. رِبَبٌ. [In the dial. of Egypt, Alexandrian trefoil (بِرْسِيم, q. v.,) of the second and third crops.]
2 Also A certain tree: as some say, the tree of the خَرُّوب [an appellation generally applied to the carob, or locust-tree].
2 [Hence its pl.] أَرِبَّةٌ signifies Confederates; [or] it is for ذَوُو أَرِبَّةٍ having covenants; أَرِبَّةٌ being said by AAF to be pl. of رِبَابٌ in the sense of عَهْدٌ.
def.2 Also A species of plant, of the [season called] صَيْف, remaining in the end of the صَيْف: or the name of a number of plants which do not dry up in the صَيْف, remaining green in the winter and the صيف [or summer]; among which are the حُلَّب and the رُخَامَى and the مَكْر and the عَلْقَى or عَلْقًى: [see رَبْلٌ:] or a certain soft, or tender, herb, or leguminous plant: or any plant that is green in the hot season: or certain species of trees, or of plants, undefined: pl. رِبَبٌ. [In the dial. of Egypt, Alexandrian trefoil (بِرْسِيم, q. v.,) of the second and third crops.]
2 Also A certain tree: as some say, the tree of the خَرُّوب [an appellation generally applied to the carob, or locust-tree].
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