بَقْسٌ
Root: بقس
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بَقْسٌ
and
بَقْسِيسٌ , the latter written, in some copies of the K, بقبيس, [The boxtree; Greek
πυξος ;] a certain kind of tree, resembling the
آس [or myrtle] in leaves and berries: or i. q.
شَمْشَاد [a Persian word, also applied to the box-tree]: it grows in the country of the Greeks; and spoons and doors are made of it, because of its hardness: and it may be with ش [بَقْشٌ, which is explained by Sgh and in the K as
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