خَرِيفَةٌ
Root: خرف
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خَرِيفَةٌ
and
خَرُوفَةٌ
A palm-tree (نَخْلَةٌ) of which a man gathers, or plucks, the fruit for himself and his household; as also
مَخْرَفٌ : or a palm-tree which one takes for the picking up of its fresh ripe dates: or the latter signifies a palm-tree of which the fruit is cut off; being of the measure فَعُولَةٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولَةٌ: and the former is said to signify one that is set apart for its fruit that is [to be] gathered, or plucked: or a selected palm-tree: and its pl. is خَرَائِفُ: or خَرَائِفُ signifies palmtrees whereof the quantity of the fruit that is upon them is computed by conjecture. (AZ, S, K. [See also خَرِيفٌ.]) Also, the former, [A palm-tree set in the manner described in the following explanation:] one's digging, for a palm-tree, in a water-course, or channel of a torrent, in which are pebbles, until reaching hard ground, and then filling up the hollow with sand, and setting the palm-tree therein.
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