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طُفْيَةٌ ذ The leaf of the مُقْل [or Theban palm]; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) and so ↓ طُفْوَةٌ : (As, TA:) pl. ↓ طُفْىٌ (S, * TA) or [rather this is a coll. gen. n., and the pl. properly so termed is] طُفًى, (Msb,) which is [also] pl. of طُفْوَةٌ. (As, TA.) [Accord. to Forskål (Flora Ægypt. Arab., p. cxxvi.), the Theban palm itself, which he terms “ borassus flabelliformis, ” is called طفى, as well as دوم.] ― -b2- And [hence] الطُّفْيَةُ, (K,) or ذُو الطُّفْيَتَيْنِ, (S, Mgh, Msb, TA,) is the name of (assumed tropical:) A serpent (S, Mgh, Msb, K) of a foul, or malignant, sort, (K,) having upon its back two lines, or stripes, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) which are black, (S, Mgh, Msb,) resembling two leaves such as are termed طُفْيَتَانِ: (S, Mgh, Msb, K:) and sometimes it is termed طُفْيَةٌ, meaning ذَاتُ طُفْيَةٍ: and الطُّفَى is used as the pl., meaning ذَوَاتُ الطُّفَى. (S.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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