مَجٌّ

Root: مج

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مَجٌّ and مُجَاجٌ The grain of the مَاش: or the grain called ماش; and called by the Arabs خُلَّرٌ and زِنٌّ: or a kind of grain resembling the lentil, ; an arabicized word; in Persian ماش: or, accord. to El-Jawáleekee, it is Arabic: accord. to AHn, what is called مَجَّةٌ [n. un. of مَجٌّ, which is a coll. gen. n.,] is a sour or salt, or salt and bitter, plant, or tree, (حَمْضَةٌ) resembling the طَحْمَآء, but more delicate, and smaller.

def.2 See مُجَاجٌ.

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