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حَمْأَةٌ

Root: حمأ

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حَمْأَةٌ and حَمَأٌ , but accord. to some, the latter is the pl. [or rather quasipl. n.] of the former; and sometimes, by poetic license, it is written حَمْءٌ ; Black mud: or black fetid mud.

def.2 Also, the former, A certain plant, that grows in Nejd, in the sands, and in plain, or soft, land.
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