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شَيْبَةٌ

Root: شيب

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شَيْبَةٌ an Verbal.Noun of 1 [q. v.].
2 And accord. to El-Khafájee, A white, or hoary, beard: but MF says that this is a conventional postclassical meaning.

def.2 [Also, in the present day, applied to A species of artemisia; the artemisia arborescens of Linn.:
2 and Lichen; the lichen prunastri of Linn. .) And شَيْبَةُ الجَبَلِ Lichen scyphifer. ]
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