قَطِرَانٌ
Root: قطر
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قَطِرَانٌ
and قِطْرَانٌ and قَطْرَانٌ [Tar, or liquid pitch;] what exudes from the tree called
أَبْهَل, [or juniper, or the species of juniper called savin, both of which have this name in the present day,] and from the
أَرْز [or pine-tree], and the like, when subjected to the action of fire; used for smearing [mangy] camels, &c.; i. q.
هِنَآءٌ. [See also زِفْتٌ.]
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