خَمْطٌ
Root: خمط
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خَمْطٌ
The [kind of tree called] أَرَاك: or a species of the
اراك, having a fruit which is eaten: or the fruit of the
اراك: or any trees having no thorns: or trees having thorns; cited from Fr; and by Z, in the Ksh, on the authority of A 'Obeyd: or certain trees like the
سِدْر, the fruit of which is like the mulberry: or certain deadly trees: or deadly poison: or any plant that has acquired a taste of bitterness, so that it cannot be eaten: or scanty fruit of any trees: or the fruit of what is called
فَسْوَةُ الضَّبُعِ: or a certain fruit called
فَسْوَةُ الضَّبُعِ, having the form of the poppy, friable, and of no use: or it signifies, in the Kur xxxiv. 15, fruit that is disagreeable in taste, and choking: or, [as an epithet,] bitter, and disagreeable in taste, and choking: or bitter; applied to anything: or acid. In the Kur, ubi suprà, some read, ذَوَاتَىْ أَكُلِ
خَمْطٍ: this is the right reading accord. to him who makes خمط to mean the اراك: but accord. to him who makes it to mean the fruit of the اراك, the right reading of اكل is with tenween, and خمط is a substitute for that word. [The pl. is خِمَاطٌ: see an ex. voce خَلٌّ.]
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