شحوم

Arabic

Etymology 1
Root
ش ح م‎ (š-ḥ-m)

Noun

شَحُّوم • (šaḥḥūm) m

  1. Gagea reticulata
Usage notes

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

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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

Etymology 2

شُحُوم • (šuḥūm) pl

  1. plural of شَحْم‎ (šaḥm)
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