شِيصٌ
Root: شيص
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شِيصٌ
Dates of which the stones do not become hard; as also
شِيصَآءٌ ; which is only the case when the palm-tree has not been fecundated by the flowers, or pollen, of the male tree: and sometimes, having no stones: or bad dates: or the worst of dates; as also ↓ the latter word: or the worst of dates when full-grown but unripe: called in the dial. of Belhárith Ibn-Kaab, صِيصٌ; and by the people of El-Medeeneh, سُخَّلٌ: and said by some to be a Persian word, arabicized: n. un. with ة; i. e., شِيصَةٌ and شِيصَآءَةٌ.
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