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فَاخُورٌ

Root: فخر

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فَاخُورٌ A species of sweet-smelling plants; i. q. رَيْحَانُ الشُّيُوخِ; thus called by the people of El-Basrah; accord. to AHn, the مَرْو [or marum] having broad leaves; and said to be that of which there have come forth, in its midst, جَمَامِيح [pl. of جُمَّاحٌ, q. v.], like foxes' tails, with a red, sweet-smelling blossom in the middle thereof: the physicians assert that it cuts short the [sleep termed] سُبَات.
2 [A meaning assigned by Golius to this word belongs to فُنَاخِرَةٌ.]
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