مَرْجَانٌ

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مَرْجَانٌ , a coll. gen. n.; n. un. with ة; Small pearls: or the like thereof: or large pearls: or coral, بُسَّذٌ, which is a red gem: or red beads; which is the meaning assigned to the word by Ibn-Mes'ood, and is agreeable with the common acceptation thereof; or, accord. to Et-Tarasoosee certain red roots that grow up in the sea, like the fingers of the hand: [vulgarly pronounced مُرْجَان:] the ن is said to be an augmentative letter, because there is no Arabic word of the measure فَعْلَالٌ, except such as are reduplicative, like خَلْخَالٌ: but Az says, I know not whether it be a triliteral-radical word or a quadriliteral: IKtt asserts it to be of the measure فَعْلَالٌ.
2 Also A leguminous plant that grows in the season called الرَّبِيع, rising to the height of a cubit, with red twigs, and broad round leaves, very dense, juicy, satisfying thirst, and having the property of making the milk of animals that feed upon it to become abundant: n. un. with ة.

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