ṣaʿtar
thyme
صَعْتَر
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ص ع ت رIn the library
كلمني بما أفهم، قال: أكلت زبداً في سكرجة فأصابني نفخ في بطني، فقال: خذ صعتراً.
Tales of Fools and Simpletons, page 29 →Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 1 entry-
صَعْتَرٌ it grows in the country of the Arabs, and is of two kinds
I. q. سَعْتَرٌ [q. v.]: (K, and S and Msb in art. سعتر:) it grows in the country of the Arabs, and is of two kinds, سُهْلِىٌّ [i. e. of the plain] and جَبَلِىٌّ [i. e. of the mountain]: (AHn, TA:) when strewn in a place, it drives away venomous or noxious reptiles and the like, (K,) such as serpents and scorpions. (TA.)
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