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بَيْلُونٌ

Root: بيلون

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بَيْلُونٌ [Fullers' earth, which is used for scouring cloths, and is sometimes used in the bath, instead of soap;] the yellow [or rather yellowish, or yellowish gray, and sometimes white, or whitish,] earth known by the name of طَفْل.
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