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غَيْنَةٌ ذ i. q. أَجَمَةٌ; [like غَيْضَةٌ, q. v.;] so in the M; (TA;) [and it is said that] الغَيْنَةُ الشَّجْرَآءُ is like الغَيْضَةُ الخَضْرَآءُ: or, accord. to Abu-l- 'Ameythel [or 'Omeythil], (S, TA,) غَيْنَةٌ signifies [A collection of] tangled, or confused, or dense, trees, (S, K, TA,) in the mountains, and in the plain, or soft, land, (TA,) without water; (S, K, TA;) if with water, called غَيْضَةٌ: (S, TA:) [and Golius states, as on the authority of Yákoot, that ↓ غَانٌ signifies the same as غَيْنَةٌ.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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