عَرَادٌ
Root: عرد
Full Definition
عَرَادٌ
, applied to a plant, Thick and hard.
2 And A certain plant, of the kind termed حَمْض, hard and erect: or a certain herb, said to be [of the kind termed] حَمْض, eaten by the camels, growing in sands and sand-plains: or, as some say, it is [a sort] of the نَجِيل [q. v.] that grows in good and salubrious land, remote from water: n. un. with ة: Az says, I have seen the عَرَادَة in the desert, [a plant] having hard wood, spreading branches, and no scent.
3 See also عَرَادَةٌ.
2 And A certain plant, of the kind termed حَمْض, hard and erect: or a certain herb, said to be [of the kind termed] حَمْض, eaten by the camels, growing in sands and sand-plains: or, as some say, it is [a sort] of the نَجِيل [q. v.] that grows in good and salubrious land, remote from water: n. un. with ة: Az says, I have seen the عَرَادَة in the desert, [a plant] having hard wood, spreading branches, and no scent.
3 See also عَرَادَةٌ.
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