وَارِسٌ
Root: ورس
Full Definition
وَارِسٌ
applied to a place [Producing the plant called
وَرْس].
2 Applied to a tree of the kind called رِمْث, Producing وَرْس, a thing yellow like the [garments termed] مُلَآء: or becoming yellow in the leaves, after attaining to maturity, and having upon it what is like yellow مُلَآءُ: or becoming yellow in its fruit: or, app., having وَرْس, like as تَامِرٌ signifies “ possessing dates; ” and وَرِيسٌ likewise has the last of these significations: مُورِسٌ also signifies the same as وَارِسٌ, applied to a tree of the kind abovementioned; but is very rare, though agreeable with analogy: it is said one should not say مُوْرِسٌ; but it occurs in a poem of Ibn-Harmeh.
3 Applied to a tree [of any other kind], Putting forth leaves.
4 Applied to a plant, Becoming green. You say also, صَخْرَةٌ وَارِسَةٌ بِالطُّحْلُبِ, A rock overspread with the green substance called طحلب, so that it is green and smooth: see 1].
5 It also denotes intenseness of colour, in the phrase أَصْفَرُ وَارِسٌ Yellow intensely bright. And [in like manner] you say, جَمَلٌ وَارِسُ الحُمْرَةِ A camel intensely red. And زَعْفَرَانٌ وَارِسٌ [app., Bright-coloured saffron]. See also وَرِيسٌ.
2 Applied to a tree of the kind called رِمْث, Producing وَرْس, a thing yellow like the [garments termed] مُلَآء: or becoming yellow in the leaves, after attaining to maturity, and having upon it what is like yellow مُلَآءُ: or becoming yellow in its fruit: or, app., having وَرْس, like as تَامِرٌ signifies “ possessing dates; ” and وَرِيسٌ likewise has the last of these significations: مُورِسٌ also signifies the same as وَارِسٌ, applied to a tree of the kind abovementioned; but is very rare, though agreeable with analogy: it is said one should not say مُوْرِسٌ; but it occurs in a poem of Ibn-Harmeh.
3 Applied to a tree [of any other kind], Putting forth leaves.
4 Applied to a plant, Becoming green. You say also, صَخْرَةٌ وَارِسَةٌ بِالطُّحْلُبِ, A rock overspread with the green substance called طحلب, so that it is green and smooth: see 1].
5 It also denotes intenseness of colour, in the phrase أَصْفَرُ وَارِسٌ Yellow intensely bright. And [in like manner] you say, جَمَلٌ وَارِسُ الحُمْرَةِ A camel intensely red. And زَعْفَرَانٌ وَارِسٌ [app., Bright-coloured saffron]. See also وَرِيسٌ.
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