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قُنَّابِرَى

Root: قنبر

Full Definition

قُنَّابِرَى A certain herb, or leguminous plant, (بَقْلَةٌ,) growing forth in the beginning of the رَبِيع; a Nabathæan word; called in Arabic تَمْلُول [correctly تُمْلُول] and غُمْلُول; eaten by men; and called in Pers. بَرْغَشْت [correctly بَرْعَسْت]; called by the people of Ghazneh ثِرِيْد: correctly with teshdeed to the ن, though in most of the copies of the K without teshdeed; and with kesr to the ب, as in the Tekmileh. See غُمْلُولٌ.
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