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الأُخَيْضِرُ

Root: خضر

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الأُخَيْضِرُ dim. [of الأَخْضَرُ], [Cantharides;] a kind of fly, green, of a dark or an ashy dust-colour, (أَخْضَرُ,) of the size of the black fly, and called the Indian fly [as cantharides are by the Arabs in the present day]; having properties and uses mentioned in medical books.

def.2 Also A certain disease in the eye.
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