مَقِرٌ
Root: مقر
Full Definition
مَقِرٌ
Bitter; as also
مَقْرٌ and
مُمْقِرٌ and
يَمْقُورٌ : or sour; acid; as also
مُمْقِرٌ : which last also signifies intensely sour or acid; applied to milk: or sour, or acid, milk.
2 Aloes; syn. صَبِرٌ: as also مَقْرٌ : or a certain thing resembling it: or poison: as also مَقْرٌ ; which is said by some to be a form used by poetic license: or, accord. to AA, a certain bitter kind of tree: and accord. to AHn, a certain plant, which grows in leaves without branches. [See صَقِرٌ.]
2 Aloes; syn. صَبِرٌ: as also مَقْرٌ : or a certain thing resembling it: or poison: as also مَقْرٌ ; which is said by some to be a form used by poetic license: or, accord. to AA, a certain bitter kind of tree: and accord. to AHn, a certain plant, which grows in leaves without branches. [See صَقِرٌ.]
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