مُخَاطَةٌ
Root: مخط
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مُخَاطَةٌ
and
مُخَّيْطٌ , called by the latter name by some of the people of ElYemen, and by the people of Egypt [in the present day], [and
, (Golius, on the authority of Ibn-El-Beytár, but if it end with a short ا, i.e. without ء, it should be written مُخَّيْطَى,)] [The cordia myxa, or smooth-leaved cordia; also called sebestena, and sebesten, and Assyrian plum;] a kind of tree, producing a viscous fruit, [whence its name, like the Greek
μύξα , which signifies both mucus and this kind of plum,] which is eaten; called in Persian
سِبِسْتَان [or سَپِسْتَان]; i. q.
أَطْبَآءُ الكَلْبَة [bitch's dugs], [its fruit] being likened thereto. (See De Sacy's “ Abd-allatif, ” pp. 68 — 72.]
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