دعاع

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Variant of unspecific لُعَاع (luʕāʕ, tender or fresh greenery), which also means cichory and as لَاعِيَة (lāʕiya) spurges.

Noun[edit]

دُعَاع or دَعَاع (duʕāʕ or daʕāʕm

  1. Aizoon canariense
  2. Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum

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References[edit]

  • Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 118, 288, 315
  • Ullmann, Manfred (1984–1991) Wörterbuch der klassischen arabischen Sprache. Band II (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 777b line 24