Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

بِسِلَّى

Root: بسل

Full Definition

بِسِلَّى [more commonly written in the present day بِسِلَّة] A certain kind of grain like the lupine (تُرْمُس), or less than this; [the pea termed by Linnæus pisum arvense:] a word of the dial. of Egypt.


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