Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

صُوفَانٌ

Root: صوف

Full Definition

صُوفَانٌ , and its fem., with ة: see صَافٌ:

def.2 and for the former see also صُوفَةٌ.

def.3 Also [A species of agaric, i. e., of the kind of fungus thus called;] a certain thing [or substance] that comes forth from the heart of trees, flaccid and dry, in which fire is struck, and which is the best of things for the purpose of those who strike fire.


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