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فِرْصَادٌ

Root: فرصد

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فِرْصَادٌ The [mulberry called] تُوت [q. v.]: or the [tree called] تُوت: or its fruit: or the red توت: [or, accord. to Zeyn el-'Attár, the sweet and white mulberry: so says Golius: see تُوتٌ:] Lth says that it is a well-known tree; that the people of ElBasrah call the tree thus, and call its fruit تُوتٌ: and by فِرْصَادٌ the lawyers mean the tree that bears the [fruit called] تُوت.
2 Also A red dye; or redness.
3 See also فِرْصِدٌ.
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