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يَقْطِينٌ

Root: قطن

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يَقْطِينٌ A plant and the like that has no سَاق [or standing stem]; as the gourd-plant and the like: any tree [or plant] that spreads [or creeps] upon the ground, not rising upon a stem; such, for instance, as the colocynth; but conventionally applied especially to the gourd. See سُطَّاحٌ.
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