شَيْكُرَانٌ

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شَيْكُرَانٌ and شَيْكَرَانٌ, [in the CK, erroneously, شَكْرَان and with damm to the ك,] or the correct form is شَيْكُرَانٌ, with damm to the ك as Ibn-Hishám El-Lakhmee and El-Fárábee have expressly affirmed; or it is correctly with س, unpointed, and so it is mentioned by AHn; [but see سَيْكُرَانٌ;] or correctly شَوْكَرَانٌ , as Sgh holds to be the case, [and thus it is written in several medical books, from the Pers. شَوْكَرَانْ; accord. to Golius, Cicuta herba, and applied in the present day to conium, i. e. hemlock, or a species thereof; and this is probably what is meant by Golius, as the conium maculatum, or common hemlock, is called by some cicuta;] a certain plant, of the kind called حَمْض, the stem of which is like that of the رَازِيَانَج [or fennel], and the leaves of which are like those of the [species of cucumber called.] قِثَّآء, or, as some say, like those of the يَبْرُوح [q. v.], and smaller; having a white flower, and a slender stem, without any fruit; and its seed is like [that of] the نَانَخَوَاة [or ammi], or [of] the أَنِيسُون [or anise], without taste or odour, and mucilaginous.

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