كُبٌّ
Root: كب
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كُبٌّ
, [coll. gen. n., A plant or tree, of the kind called] حَمْض; a kind of tree excellent for kindling, the leaves of which make the tails of horses beautiful and long; it has joints and thorns, and grows in fine, or soft, and plain soil: n. un. with ة: or, accord. to some, it is [a plant, or tree,] of the kind called
نَجِيلُ الفَلَاةِ: but IAar says, among the [plants, or trees, called] حَمْض, are the نجيل and the كبّ.
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