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مُلَاحِىٌّ

Root: ملح

Full Definition

مُلَاحِىٌّ , sometimes written مُلَّاحِىٌّ, occurring in poetry written in the latter manner, A kind of white, long-shaped, grape: so called from [the colour termed] المُلْحَة; or from the [plant called] مُلَّاح, because of its taste.
2 Also, A kind of fig, small, of the colour termed أَمْلَح, very sweet, and which is dried.
3 Also, A species of the tree called أَرَاك in which is whiteness and redness and the colour termed شُهْبَة.
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