رُخَامَى
Root: رخم
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رُخَامَى
A certain plant, different from the
خضرة [app. خَضِرَة, with which some probably identify it], having a blossom of a pure white, and a white root, which the [wild] asses dig up with their hoofs, and all the wild animals eat because of its sweetness and pleasantness; and its places of growth are the sands: or, as some say, a kind of tree like the
ضَال [q. v.]. [See also رَيِّحَةٌ, in art. روح.]
def.2 Also [or رِيحٌ رُخَامَى] A soft, or gentle, wind.
def.2 Also [or رِيحٌ رُخَامَى] A soft, or gentle, wind.
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