سَوَاسٌ

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سَوَاسٌ A certain kind of tree: n. un. with ة: AHn says, on the authority of Aboo-Ziyád, it is of the kind called عِضَاه, resembling the مَرْخ, having a pericarp like that of the مرخ, without thorns and without leaves, growing high; and persons shade themselves beneath it; one of the Arabs said that it is the same that is called سَوَاسٍ (written with the article السَّوَاسِى); and AHn says, I asked him respecting it, and he said that this and the مَرْخ and the مَنْح all three resemble one another; and it is one of the best of materials used for producing fire, not giving a sound without emitting fire, or because it seldom gives a sound without emitting fire.

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