عَلَنْدًى
Root: علد
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عَلَنْدًى
Anything thick, big, or coarse; as also عُلُنْدًى: and bulky, strong, and tall; applied to a camel and to a horse: and sometimes they applied the epithet عُلُنْدًى to a camel: this and
عُلَادًى signify strong, so applied, as does also
applied to a horse; or bulky and tall, applied to a camel and to a horse: or, accord. to En-Nadr, one says نَاقَةٌ عَلَنْدَاةٌ, meaning a great and tall she-camel; but not جَمَلٌ عَلَنْدًى;
2 Also A species of tree, of the kind called عِضَاه, having thorns: [a coll. gen. n.:] n. un. عَلَنْدَاةٌ; it is of the trees of the sands, not such as is termed حَمْض, and yields an intense smoke: accord. to Lth, the علنداة is a tall tree, having no thorns, of the kind termed عِضَاه: but he is incorrect in so saying: it is a tree having hard branches, for which the cattle, or camels and other beasts, have no desire, and not of the kind termed عِضَاه; and indeed how can it be of the kind thus termed having no thorns? nor is it tall, the tallest being of the height of a man sitting; but, with its shortness, it is dense and compact in its branches.
2 Also A species of tree, of the kind called عِضَاه, having thorns: [a coll. gen. n.:] n. un. عَلَنْدَاةٌ; it is of the trees of the sands, not such as is termed حَمْض, and yields an intense smoke: accord. to Lth, the علنداة is a tall tree, having no thorns, of the kind termed عِضَاه: but he is incorrect in so saying: it is a tree having hard branches, for which the cattle, or camels and other beasts, have no desire, and not of the kind termed عِضَاه; and indeed how can it be of the kind thus termed having no thorns? nor is it tall, the tallest being of the height of a man sitting; but, with its shortness, it is dense and compact in its branches.
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