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غِرَاسٌ

Root: غرس

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غِرَاسٌ The act of planting trees.
2 [Hence,] هٰذَا مَسْقَطُ رَأْسِهِ وَمَكَانُ غِرَاسِهِ [This is the place of his birth, and the place of his plantation].

def.2 The time of planting: or this is termed وَقْتُ الغِرَاسِ, or زَمَنُ الغِرَاسِ.

def.3 See also غَرْسٌ [of which it is a syn. and a pl.].
2 Accord. to Kr, Abundance of the trees called عُرْفُط.
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