هَلْتَى
Root: هلت
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هَلْتَى
A certain plant; when it dries, it becomes red; and when it is eaten, and grows, it is called
جَمِيمٌ: or, accord. to Az, a certain tree, growing like the
صِلِّيَان, except that its colour inclines to red: or, accord. to Aboo-Ziyád, as AHn says, a plant of the kind called
طَرِيفَة, growing like the
صلّيان
and the
نَصِىّ, red when fresh and moist, and more red when it has dried: it is watery; and the camels and sheep &c. scarcely ever eat it when they find any other herbage to serve them in its stead.
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