Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

غَلْثَى

Root: غلث

Full Definition

غَلْثَى A certain bitter tree, with which one tans; mentioned by Kr: or, accord. to Az, a certain tree, the fruit of which, if given to beasts of prey, or to vultures, kills them.
2 See also the next paragraph.


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