فِرْسِكٌ
Root: فرسك
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فِرْسِكٌ
[and فِرْسِقٌ (K in art. فرسق) The peach: or the sort thereof called the nectarine: from the Greek περσικὴ or περσικὸν ; the malum Persicum, which is generally applied to the former fruit; or amydalus Persica of Linn., which is applied to both of the fruits above mentioned: i. e.] the [fruit called] خَوْخ; of the dial. of El-Yemen: or a sort thereof, i. q.
فِرْسِقٌ, which is like the
خَوْخ
in size, أَجْرَدُ [which here means without down, and for which Golius and Freytag appear to have read أَجْوَدُ], smooth, red [accord. to the CK “ or red ”], and yellow, the flavour of which is like that of the
خَوْخ: or [a cling-stone peach or nectarine; i. e.] a sort of
خَوْخ
that does not cleave asunder from its stone: or [a free-stone peach or nectarine; i. e.] such as cleaves asunder from its stone.
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