صَفْصَافٌ

Root: صف

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صَفْصَافٌ The tree called خِلَاف: [accord. to modern usage, the latter is the salix Aegyptia of Linn.: and the صفصاف accord. to Forskål, ibid., is the salix Babylonica; or this is called صَفْصَاف رُومِىّ: and another species of salix is called in Egypt صَفْصَاف بَلَدِىّ: ] or so in the dial. of Syria: or a kind of tree of which the خِلَاف is a species: (K in art. خلف:) n. un. with ة.

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