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مُعَثْكَلٌ

Root: عثكل

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مُعَثْكَلٌ [A raceme of a palm-tree or of dates] having many شَمَارِيخ [or fruit-stalks]. [See also the following paragraph.]
2 And, by way of comparison [thereto], هَوْدَجْ مُعَثْكَلٌ A هودج [or women's camel-vehicle] having much wool [in the form of pendants, suspended to it].
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