عُلَّفٌ
Root: علف
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عُلَّفٌ
The fruit of the [trees called] طَلْح, which resembles the fresh bean, and upon which, when they come forth, the camels pasture: or the pods, or receptacles of the fruit, thereof: [i. e.] the fruit of the
طلح
when it succeeds the
بَرَمَة; resembling the [kidney-bean called] لُوبِيَآء: the n. un. is عُلَّفَةٌ: AHn says that this is like the great Syrian carob (خَرُّوَبَة [n. un. of خَرُّوب q. v.]), except that it is bigger, and in it are grains like lupines, of a tawny colour, upon which the cattle pasturing at their pleasure feed, but which men eat not save in case of necessity: and the like thereof in size, of the fruit of the
عِضَاه, is also termed عُلَّفٌ: what is smaller than it, like the fruit of the سَلَم and of the سَمُر and of the عُرْفُط, is [properly] termed حُبْلَة: the عُلَّف are long, and expanded, or extended: [it is also said that] عُلَّفٌ signifies the fruit of the
أَرَاك.
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