خِيرِىٌّ
Root: خير
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خِيرِىٌّ
Of, or relating to, or possessing, generousness, generosity, liberality, or munificence.
def.2 And hence, or [thus applied] it is an arabicized word, [from the Persian خِيرِىْ,] The مَنْثُور [or gilliflower:] but generally applied to the yellow species thereof; [so in the present day;] for it is this from which is extracted its oil, which is an ingredient in medicines. [Accord. to Golius, “ Viola alba, ejusque genera: Diosc. iii. 138: ” and he adds, as on the authority of Ibn-Beytár, “ spec. luteum. ”]
2 And خِيرِىُّ البَرِّ The خُزَامَى [q. v.]; because it is the most pungent in odour of the plants of the desert.
def.2 And hence, or [thus applied] it is an arabicized word, [from the Persian خِيرِىْ,] The مَنْثُور [or gilliflower:] but generally applied to the yellow species thereof; [so in the present day;] for it is this from which is extracted its oil, which is an ingredient in medicines. [Accord. to Golius, “ Viola alba, ejusque genera: Diosc. iii. 138: ” and he adds, as on the authority of Ibn-Beytár, “ spec. luteum. ”]
2 And خِيرِىُّ البَرِّ The خُزَامَى [q. v.]; because it is the most pungent in odour of the plants of the desert.
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