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خَلَصٌ

Root: خلص

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خَلَصٌ A kind of tree like the grape-vine in its manner of growth, that clings to other trees, and rises high; having leaves of a dust-colour, thin, round, and wide; and a blossom like that of the مر [?]; and tinged in the lower parts of its stems; sweet in odour; and having berries like those of [the plant called عِنَبٌ الثَّعْلَبِ, [see art. ثعلب,] three and four together, red, like the beads of عَقِيق [q. v.]; not eaten [by men], but depastured: n. un. with ة: thus described by [AHn] Ed-Deenawaree, on the authority of an Arab of the desert. See the end of the next paragraph.
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