جَوْزٌ
Root: جوز
Full Definition
def.2 [The walnut; or walnuts;] a well-known fruit, which is eaten: a Persian word, arabicized; originally گَوْزْ: n. un. جَوْزَةٌ: pl. جَوْزَاتٌ: (S, K, TA: in the CK جَوْزَانٌ:) the tree thereof abounds in the land of the Arabs, in the province of El-Yemen, where it bears fruit and is cultivated; and in the Sarawát (السَّرَوَات) are trees thereof, which are not cultivated: the wood thereof is characterized by hardness and strength.
2 جَوْزُ بَوَّي, or جَوْزُ بَوَّا, with the short alif, as heard from the physicians, in Persian گَوْزِ بُويَا, (Mgh, under the letter ب,) [vulgarly called جَوْزُ الطِّيبِ, The nutmeg;] a certain medicine; it is of the size of the gall-nut (عَفْص), easily broken, with a thin coat, having a pleasant odour, or a pleasant and sharp odour; and the best kind is the red, with a black coat, and heavy: it is good for the [affection of the face termed] لَقْوَة, strengthens the stomach and heart, and removes cold.
3 جَوْزُ مَاثِلٍ [The datura stramonium, or thorn-apple;] also a certain medicine; having the property of producing torpor; resembling the جَوْزُ القَىْءِ ; having upon it small, thick thorns; and its seed is like that of the أُتْرُجّ [or citror.].
4 جَوْزُ القّىْءِ [Nux vomica;] also a certain medicine, having a power similar to that of the white خَرْبَق [or hellebore].
5 جَوْزُ الهِنْدِ [The cocoa-nut;] what is commonly called the نَارَجِيل.
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