عَجْوَةٌ
Root: عجو
Full Definition
عَجْوَةٌ
and
عَجَاوَةٌ and
, or
and
, A sort of dates in El-Medeeneh, of the best kind, the palm-tree of which is called
لِينَةٌ; (S; [or, accord. to Fr and Akh, cited in the TA in art. لون, the term لِينَةٌ is applied to a palm-tree but not to that of the عَجْوَة;]) said to be from what was planted by the hand of the Prophet; accord. to IAth, they are larger than the
صَيْحَانِىّ [q. v.], inclining to blackness; but accord. to Az, the
عَجْوَة
in El-Medeeneh are the
صَيْحَانِيَّة, and there are sorts of the
عجوة
there that have not the sweetness nor the odour nor the fulness of the
صيحانيّة: or the best of dates: and, in El-Hijáz, the dates that are stuffed (مَحْشِىّ) [or pressed into a compact mass, while moist, in the receptacle of palm-leaves or skin, as are the dates called عَجْوَة in the present day]; they are termed
أُمُّ التَّمْرِ [lit. the mother of dates, app. because many persons keep a stock thereof], to which recourse is had, like the [dates called] شِهْرِيز
in El-Basrah.
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