قِثَّآءٌ
Root: قثأ
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قِثَّآءٌ
and قُثَّآءٌ, the former of which, with kesr, in the more common, [A certain vegetable,] well-known: [
2 قِثَّآءُ الحِمَارِ see voce عَلْقَمٌ.
a species of cucumber; cucumis sativusβ fructu flavo majore:or the [cucumber called] خِيَار [q. v.]: or a general name for the خِيَار, the عَجُور [q. v.], and the فَقُّوس [or فَقُّوص q. v.]: but some apply the name to a species resembling the خيار: and it is said that it is lighter (أَخَفُّ) than the خيار: also that عَجُور signifies large قِثّآء: the n. un. is قثّآءة.
2 قِثَّآءُ الحِمَارِ see voce عَلْقَمٌ.
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