بَابُونَجٌ

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بَابُونَجٌ [from the Persian بَابُونَهْ Chamomile; or chamomile-flowers: both called by these names in the present day]: a certain herb, of several different colours; yellow-flowered, and whiteflowered, and purple-flowered: i. q. أُقْحُوَانٌ: (S, Msb, K, all in art قحو:) i. e. the اقحوان is the بابونج with the Persians: or the flower of the اقحوان: (S in art. قرص:) or of the yellow اقحوان, (TA in art. قرص,) when it has become dry: (S, TA, both in art. قرص:) a well-known flower, of great utility, or of which the oil is of great utility: commonly known in El-Yemen by the name of مونس [app. مُؤْنِسٌ, because of its pleasant odour, or its medical properties].

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