شحوم

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
ش ح م (š-ḥ-m)

Noun[edit]

شَحُّوم (šaḥḥūmm

  1. Gagea reticulata
Usage notes[edit]

A regionally widespread plant not palatable for men nor for camels, hence few know the name.

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 108, 160, 316

Etymology 2[edit]

شُحُوم (šuḥūmpl

  1. plural of شَحْم (šaḥm)