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ضِرْمٌ ذ and ضُرْمٌ, K, TA,) the former of which is that commonly known, (TA,) A species of tree or plant (شَجَر) of sweet odour, (K, TA,) found in the mountains of Et-Táïf and El-Yemen, (TA,) the fruit of which is like the acorn, and the flower like that of the [species of marjoram called] سَعْتَر, (K, TA,) fed upon by bees, (TA,) and the honey thereof has an excellent quality, K, TA,) and is called عَسَلُ الضُِّرْمَةِ: (TA: [ضُِرْمَةٌ being the n. un.:]) or it is what is called in the ancient Greek language أُسْطُوخُودُوس [app. a mode of writing soixa/dos, gen. of soixa\s; for it is applied in the present day to stœchas, commonly called French lavender]. (K, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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