شحوم

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ش ح م (š ḥ m)
3 terms

Noun

شَحُّوم (šaḥḥūmm

  1. Gagea reticulata
Usage notes

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

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

Etymology 2

شُحُوم (šuḥūmpl

  1. plural of شَحْم (šaḥm)