nabk

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word nabk. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word nabk, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say nabk in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word nabk you have here. The definition of the word nabk will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofnabk, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
Wikispecies has information on:

Wikispecies

Ziziphus spina-christi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَبْق (nabq).

Pronunciation

Noun

nabk (plural nabks)

  1. Either of two thorny shrublike trees, of the genus Ziziphus, from North Africa and the Middle East; Ziziphus spina-christi is supposed to be the plant from which Christ's crown of thorns was made.
    • 1870, Christian Henry Bateman, editor, The Bible class magazine, volume 10, page 61:
      Now we passed through a grove of palms, with their long bare stems and their feathery tufts lying motionless in the air; now through a forest of acacias and nabks; now along the edge of a deep canal, and then through fields of greenest corn []
  2. The edible berry of Ziziphus lotus.

Anagrams