Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

صَنوْبَرٌ

Root: صنبر

Full Definition

صَنوْبَرٌ [The pine tree;] a certain kind of tree, (S in art. صبر, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) well known, from which, or from the roots of which, زِفْت [i. e. pitch] is obtained, green in winter and summer, the fruit of which is like small لَوْز [i. e. almonds, but this is app. a mistranscription], and the leaves whereof are [of the kind called] هَدَب [q. v.]: or the fruit [i. e. the cone] of that tree, [i. e.] of the أَرْز; the trees being called أَرْز: A'Obeyd says that it signifies the fruit of the أَرْزَة, and that the tree is called صَنَوْبَرَةٌ [which is the n. un.] on account of its fruit.

def.2 See also صَنْبَرَةٌ.


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