Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

عَسًا

Root: عسو

Full Definition

عَسًا Dates while green and small: said in the K, in art. عسى, and [before] by Hr as is stated in the handwriting of Aboo-Zekereeyà, to be correctly with غ; but mentioned by Sb in the “ Book of Palm-trees, ” and by AHn in the “ Book of Plants, ” as being with ع and غ.
2 [Also, as stated by Freytag on the authority of Dmr, The female locust.]


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