خُزَامَى
Root: خزم
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خُزَامَى
A certain plant, called also
خُزَمٌ , of sweet odour: or i. q.
خِيرِىُّ البَرِّ [q. v.]; accord. to El-Fárábee: one of the plants of the desert: said by Az to be a certain herb of sweet odour, having a flower like that of the violet: [accord. to the book entitled مَا لَا يَسَعُ الطَّبِيبَ جَهْلَهُ, as stated by Golius, a certain wild herb, having a long stalk, small leaves, red flower, and very sweet odour:] its flower is the sweetest of flowers in odour; the fumigation therewith dispels every fetid odour; the use thereof as a suppository in the vagina promotes pregnancy; and the taking it internally restores to a right state the liver and the spleen, and the brain affected with cold: [in the present day, applied to the common lavender; lavandula spica:] n. un. خُزَامَاةٌ.
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