خُرْفَةٌ
Root: خرف
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خُرْفَةٌ
Gathered, or plucked, fruits; and particularly of the palm-tree: and
خُرَافَةٌ signifies the same. (Mgh, K, TA. [See also خَرِيفٌ.]) It is said in a trad., التَّمْرُ
خُرْفَةُ الصَّائِمِ [Dates are the gathered fruit of the faster]; because breaking the fast upon them is approved: and in another, النَّخْلَةُ خُرْفَةُ
الصَّائِمِ, meaning The palm-tree is that of which the fruit is eaten by the faster. See also مَخْرَفٌ, last sentence.
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