كِبَاسَةٌ

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كِبَاسَةٌ A raceme, or large raceme, of a palm-tree, or of dates, like the عُنْقُود of grapes, complete, with its شَمَارِيخ, [or fruit-stalks, pl. of شِمْرَاخٌ,] and its dates: pl. كَبَائِسُ. [A كباسة of moderate size has about one hundred شماريخ; the longest شمراخ having about fifty dates, and being about two feet and a half in length; and the shortest having about thirty dates, and being about one foot in length.]
2 Also applied by AHn, to A raceme of [the fruit called] فُوفَل.

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