شحوم

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ش ح م (š-ḥ-m). A regionally widespread plant not palatable for men nor for camels, hence few know the name.

Noun

شَحُّوم (šaḥḥūm) m

  1. Gagea reticulata

Declension

References

  • 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
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