مِخْرَفٌ
Root: خرف
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مِخْرَفٌ
The thing in which fruits are gathered; called by the Arabs خَافَةٌ: a [basket of the kind called] مِكْتَل, or زِنْبِيل, of small size, in which the best fresh ripe dates are gathered: pl. مَخَارِفُ. One says, خَرَجُوا إِلَى المَخَارِفِ
بالمَخَارِفِ, i. e. They went forth to the gardens with the baskets (زُبُل) [for gathering fruit].
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