مُخَاطَةٌ

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مُخَاطَةٌ and مُخَّيْطٌ , called by the latter name by some of the people of ElYemen, and by the people of Egypt [in the present day], [and , (Golius, on the authority of Ibn-El-Beytár, but if it end with a short ا, i.e. without ء, it should be written مُخَّيْطَى,)] [The cordia myxa, or smooth-leaved cordia; also called sebestena, and sebesten, and Assyrian plum;] a kind of tree, producing a viscous fruit, [whence its name, like the Greek μύξα, which signifies both mucus and this kind of plum,] which is eaten; called in Persian سِبِسْتَان [or سَپِسْتَان]; i. q. أَطْبَآءُ الكَلْبَة [bitch's dugs], [its fruit] being likened thereto. (See De Sacy's “ Abd-allatif, ” pp. 68 — 72.]

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