qulqās

taro (plant with edible roots), elephant's ear

قُلْقاس

Word

Noun

Root

ق ل ق س

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وأكلنا بعد عشرة أيام من وصولنا عصيدة تصنع شيء شبه القلقاس، يسمى القافي " بقاف والف وفاء " ، وهي عندهم مفضلة على سائر الطعام.

The Travels, page 342 →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 1 entry

قُلْقَاسٌ colocasia; or arum. colocasia

[The colocasia; or arum. colocasia of Linnæus: or its root:] the root of a certain plant, which is eaten cooked, (AHn, K,) and used medicinally: (AHn:) the decoction thereof increases the venereal faculty, and fattens; but the taking it constantly engenders black bile. (AHn, K.) [See De Sacy's “ Relation de l'Egypte par Abd-allatif, ” pp. 94 — 98.]

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