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قَضْبَةٌ ذ Such as are cut, and eaten in their fresh state, of plants, (M, Msb, K,) of any kind; as is said in the Bári'; (Msb;) a pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] of which the sing. [or n. un.] is ↓ قَضْبَةٌ : (K:) or it signifies, (S, O, Msb,) or signifies also, (K,) [a species of trefoil, or clover; i. e.] i. q. رَطْبَةٌ, (S, O, Msb,) which is the same as فِصْفِصَة, (Msb,) or قَتٌّ, [which is also the same,] (K,) the name by which the people of Mekkeh call قَتّ, (Fr, TA,) and (K) called in Pers. (S, O) إِِسْفِسْت, (S, Mgh, K,) or إِِسْبِسْت; (O;) as also ↓ قَضْبَةٌ ; (S;) or this is the sing. [or rather n. un.] of قَضْبٌ, which signifies فَصَافِصُ [pl. of فِصْفِصَةٌ]; (M;) called قَضْبٌ because it is cut. (Mgh.) ― -b2- And Any tree of which the branches grow long and lank: (K, * TA:) بَسَطَتْ in the K is a mistranscription for سَبِطَتْ. (TA.) ― -b3- And Certain trees from which bows are made; (En-Nadr, O, K;) said to be of the kind called نَبْعٌ. (O.) AHn says that قضب [accord. to the L and TA app. قَضْبٌ, but accord. to a copy of the M ↓ قَضَبٌ , which I think a mistranscription,] is the name of Certain trees of the plains, or soft tracts, growing among collections of [other] trees; having leaves like those of the pear-tree, except that they are thinner, and more soft; and as trees [in general] resembling pear-trees: the camels feed upon its leaves and the extremities of its branches; but when the camel has become satiated therewith, he forsakes it for a time, for it sets his teeth on edge, and irritates his chest, and occasions him cough. (M, L, TA.) And ↓ قَضْبَةٌ [as n. un. of قَضْبٌ] signifies A tree from which arrows are made: one says سَهْمُ قَضْبٍ [An arrow made from the species of tree called قضب]; like as one says سَهْمُ نَبْعٍ &c. (ISh, TA. [See also قَضْبَةٌ below.]) ― -b4- It is also a name applied to Portions that one has cut from branches to make thereof arrows or bows. (O, K. *) ― -b5- See also قَضِيبٌ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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