فَرْفَخٌ
Root: فرفخ
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فَرْفَخٌ
and
فَرْفَخَةٌ , [the former app. a coll. gen. n., and the latter the n. un., Purslane, or garden purslane;] the herb called
البَقْلَةُ الحَمْقَآءُ, which does not grow in Nejd, also called
فَرْفِينٌ, i. q.
رِجْلَةٌ: an arabicized word, from the Pers. پَرْپَهْن, which signifies “ broad-winged. ”
2 Also, the former, The كَعَابِر [which are things that are taken forth, or picked out, and thrown away, in the clearing] of wheat.
2 Also, the former, The كَعَابِر [which are things that are taken forth, or picked out, and thrown away, in the clearing] of wheat.
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