فَقُّوصٌ
Root: فقص
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فَقُّوصٌ
, or فَقُّوصَةٌ, [the former a coll. gen. n., and the latter its n. un.,] A melon (بِطِيخةٌ) before it has become ripe: a word of the dial. of Egypt: [but now applied in Egypt to the cucumis sativus ; or, particularly, cucumis sativus fructu albo: ] also mentioned as with س for the last letter.
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