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ذُؤْنُونٌ
[A kind, or species, of fungus; perhaps a species of phallus;] a certain plant, of the same kind as the
عُرْجُون
and the
طُرْثُوثِ, which grows in the winter, and, when the day becomes hot, rots, and goes away; said by Abu-l-'Omeythil to be, in form, like the
هِلْيَوْن [or asparagus]: pl. ذَآنِينُ: and some pronounce the sing. ذُونُونٌ, without ء; and make the pl. ذَوَانِينُ: a certain plant that grows at the roots of the
أَرْطَى
and
رِمْث
and
أَلَآء; the ground cleaving, and disclosing it, it comes forth like the
سَوَاعِد [app. here meaning the upper arms, above the elbows,] of men; has no leaves; is black (أَسْحَمُ), and dustcoloured; is pointed [and roundish] in its extremity, like the glans of the penis in form; has envelopes (أَكْمَامُ) like those of the [bean called] بَاقِلَّى; and has a yellow fruit at its upper part: some say that it is a plant that grows like the [fungi called] عَرَاجِين, of the plants termed
فُطْر: AHn says that what are termed ذَآنِين are things of the [fungi called] فُقُوع, that come forth from beneath the ground like thick
عُمُد [or poles]; nothing eats them, except that camels feed upon them in the year of drought, and goats eat them and fatten upon them; they have a root-stock (أَرُومَة); and are used as medicines; and none but the hungry will eat them, because of their bitterness: he also says in one place, they grow at the roots of trees, most like to the asparagus (هِلْيَوْن), except that they are larger and thicker; and have no leaves; but they have a
بُرْعُومَة [app. here meaning a head, such as is termed a pileus, or cap], which assumes a roseate colour, and then changes to yellow: the ذؤنون is all [full of] water [or juice]; and is white, except what appears thereof, of that
بُرْعُومَة; and nothing eats it, except when men are afflicted with drought and have nothing [else] to eat: the n. un. is with ة: ISh says that it is of a tawny colour, smooth and round, having leaves that stick to it, tall like the
طُرْثُوث, not eaten save by sheep or goats, [and grows] in plain, or soft, tracts: IB says that it is the wild
هِلْيَوْن. One says of a people who were characterized by courage and excellence, and who have perished, their state having changed, ذَآنِينُ لَا رِمْثَ لَهَا وَ طَرَاثِيثُ لَا أَرْطَى [Dhu-noonehs having no rimthehs, and turthoothehs having no artáhs]: meaning that they have been extirpated, and that none of them remains: or ذآنين لا رمث لها is a prov. applied to him who is ruined, and has nothing remaining, after having had a family and dignity and wealth. (TA voce طُرْثُوثٌ.)
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