chalef

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French

chalef à feuilles étroitesElaeagnus angustifolia

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خِلَاف (ḵilāf) (spoken in Egyptian Arabic something like /xaˈlæːf/).

Pronunciation

Noun

chalef m (plural chalefs)

  1. silverberry, oleaster (of the genus Elaeagnus)

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