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شُوَيْلَآءُ ذ A certain plant, (AHn, O, K,) mentioned, but not described, by As; of the kind termed عُشْب, growing in plain, or soft, land, (AHn, O,) used as a medicament, (AHn, O, K,) and well known: (AHn, O:) [Sgh says,] I have seen it: it is dust-coloured, spreads upon the ground, has no thorns, and the cattle eagerly desire it: (O:) it is called (O, K) sometimes, (K,) by some of the people of El-'Irák, (O,) ↓ شُوَّيْلٌ , like فُبَّيْطٌ [in measure]. (O, K.)

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