شَرْشَرٌ

Root: شر

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شَرْشَرٌ , or شِرْشِرٌ , A certain plant, which extends along the ground like ropes, in the same manner as the قُطْب, but having no thorns that hurt any one: Az says that it is a well-known plant, seen by him in the desert; that it fattens the camels, and makes their milk plentiful; and that it is mentioned by IAar and others among the plants of the desert: شِرْشِرَةٌ is expl. in the K as though it were the name of another plant; but it is not so; for شِرْشِرٌ is the pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] thereof: it is a herb smaller than the عَرْفَج, having a yellow flower, and twigs, or shoots, and large dust-coloured leaves: it grows in plain, or soft, ground; and spreads wide, as though it were ropes, by reason of length, of the measure of a man in a standing posture; and has berries (حَبّ), like those of the هَرَاس.

def.2 شِوَآءٌ شَرْشَرٌ Roasted flesh-meat, of which the grease, or gravy, drips; like شَلْشَلٌ and رَشْرَاشٌ.

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