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مَهْرُودٌ

Root: هرد

Full Definition

مَهْرُودٌ : see هَرِيدٌ.
2 Also, A garment, or piece of cloth, dyed yellow with هُرْد; and so مُهَرَّدٌ and هُرْدِىٌّ : or, as Sh says, accord. to information given to Aboo-'Adnán by an intelligent Arab of the desert, of the people called Báhileh, dyed with وَرْس, and then with saffron, so as to become of a colour like that of the flower of the حَوْذَانَة: or of a light yellow colour.
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