عَامِيٌّ

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عَامِيٌّ a rel. n., from عَامٌ; A year old. (TA in arts. حول and دول, &c.) And applied to a plant as meaning A year old, and therefore dry. It is also applied to a [vestige, or relic, of a dwelling, such as is termed] رَسْم, or طَلَل, as meaning Over which a year has passed. And it is applied, in a trad., as an epithet to the حَنْظَل [or colocynth, meaning That is of service in the year of drought, or barrenness]; because it is procured, or prepared [as an article of food], in the year of drought, or barrenness.

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