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وَالِبَةٌ

Root: ولب

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وَالِبَةٌ The offsets of the corn and the like: so called because they enter into the roots of the parent-plants: or corn or the like growing from the roots of that which has preceded it: pl. أَوَالِبُ.
2 وَالِبَةٌ The offspring of camels, and of sheep or goats, and of cows, and of a people.
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