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غَلَثٌ

Root: غلث

Full Definition

غَلَثٌ What is mixed: as wheat mixed with barley. [In the present day, it is used as signifying What is mixed with wheat &c., of those things that are taken forth and thrown away; like عَلَثٌ. See also غَلِيثٌ.]
2 [And its pl.] أَغْلَاثٌ is mentioned by Aboo-Ziyád El-Kilá- bee as a term applied to Several sorts of plants, not بَقْل nor حَمْض nor عِضَاه, among which are the عِكْرِش and حَلْفَآء and حَاج and يَنْبُوت and لَصَف and عِشْرِق and سَنَا and أَسَل and بَرْدِىّ and حَنْظَل and تَنُّوم and خِرْوَع &c. [See also عَلَثٌ.]
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