عُسْلُوجٌ
Root: عسلج
Full Definition
عُسْلُوجٌ
A branch, or twig, or shoot: or a branch, or twig, or shoot, that is a year old: or a rod, or twig, or shoot, of recent growth: or any plant that comes forth green, twisting, or wreathing, and soft, before it assumes other colours: or, as also
عُسْلُجٌ , and
عِسْلَاجٌ , a soft and green rod or twig or shoot of a tree, and of a grape-vine, when it first grows forth: or all signify a branch, or twig, or shoot, until a year old: or
عُسْلُجٌ signifies a soft, or tender, branch or twig or shoot: the pl. of عُسْلُوجٌ is عَسَالِيجُ: and this is said to signify a certain [sort of] white thing, that comes forth in the
صَيْف [meaning either spring or summer], and stretches along like the
خَيْزُرَان [or kind of cane called rattan], soft, or supple, and bending: it is [also] said to signify the عُروق of trees, i. e. the نُجُوم thereof [meaning the sprouts from the roots (see art. نجم)] that shoot forth in the year: and certain things that spread upon the surface of the earth, like
عُرُوق [or roots], and are green: or a certain plant upon the banks of rivers, bending and inclining by reason of softness, or tenderness, or luxuriance: and, as used by the vulgar, rods, or twigs, or shoots, of recent growth.
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