قُنَّبِيطٌ
Root: قنبط
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قُنَّبِيطٌ
[Cauliflower;] the thickest species of
كُرُنْب; called in the dial. of Egypt قَرْنَبِيطٌ; mentioned in the S in art. قبط; [but only as a thing well known;] the author of the S regarding the ن as augmentative: it renders the breath stinking; and causes a thickness, or grossness, [app. of the humours;] and she who uses its seed in the manner of a suppository in the vagina will not become pregnant: so say the physicians.
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