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سَفْعٌ

Root: سفع

Full Definition

سَفْعٌ A mark, from fire, altering the colour of a man.

def.2 سَفْعٌ also signifies A garment of any kind: but mostly such as is dyed: pl. سُفُوعٌ.
2 [And hence, perhaps,] The spathe, or spadix, (طَلْع,) of a tree called ظِمْخٌ. (AA, T in art. ظمخ.)
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