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غَوْلَانٌ

Root: غول

Full Definition

غَوْلَانٌ A plant of the [kind called] حَمْض, like the أُشْنَان [i. e. kali, or glasswort], or, accord. to AHn, resembling the عُنْظُوَان [which is described as a plant of the حَمْض, or, as some say, the best of the أُشْنَان], except that it is more slender; and it is a pasture.

def.2 Also sing. of غَوَالِينُ, which signifies [The ribs of a ship or boat, i. e.] the things that resemble the ضُلُوع in a ship or boat.
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