خِرْفِيجٌ
Root: خرفج
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خِرْفِيجٌ
: see خُرْفج.
2 Also Fresh, or juicy; flourishing and fresh, or soft, or tender; applied to a plant, or to herbage; and so خِرْفَاجٌ and خُرَافِجٌ and خُرَفِجٌ and خُرْفَنْجٌ . [And خَرْفَجٌ seems to have a similar meaning.] The rájiz [El-'Ajjáj ] says,
2 Also Fresh, or juicy; flourishing and fresh, or soft, or tender; applied to a plant, or to herbage; and so خِرْفَاجٌ and خُرَافِجٌ and خُرَفِجٌ and خُرْفَنْجٌ . [And خَرْفَجٌ seems to have a similar meaning.] The rájiz [El-'Ajjáj ] says,
[app. meaning A girl that had attained to flourishing, or soft, or tender, youthfulness.]جَارِيَةٌ شَبَّتْ شَبَابًا خَرْفَجَا
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