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قُنَّابَةٌ ذ , (O, K,) like رُمَّانَةٌ, (K,) or ↓ قُنَابَةٌ , (S, [thus in my copies, without teshdeed,]) The combined leaves in which are the ears of corn; (S, O, K;) also called عَصِيفَةٌ: (S, O:) so says IDrd: (S:) and [it is said that] ↓ قُنَابٌ , with damm, (O, K,) as also ↓ قِنَابٌ , with kesr, (K,) signifies the leaves surrounding the heads of growing corn, (O, K, TA,) i. e. the ears, (TA,) in the beginning of its fruit-bearing: (O, K, TA:) by which explanation is meant the same that is meant by the explanation immediately preceding. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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