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عَنْبَرَةُ

Root: عنبر

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عَنْبَرَةُ The purity of the pedigrees of a people. Hence the vulgar say of a thing that is pure, هٰذَا .
2 عَنْبَرَةُ القِدْرِ The onion: because it makes [the contents of] the قدر to become savoury.
3 عَنْبَرَةُ الشِّتَآء, or, accord. to Kr, it is الشتآءِ, The vehemence, or rigour, of winter.
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