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amomum
حماماḥamāmā
n. ḥmāmā – amomum (?) (unidentified plant, possibly of the grape family) (bot.) show/hide quotes-
Albuzale Simp. §10.10: Amomum est calidum et siccum in secundo gradu. Mundificat venas bene
Ar.: الحماما حارّ يابس في الثانية ينقّى العروق تنقية جيّدة
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Albuzale Simp. §18.41: Et omnes sunt calide et leptomere substancie et sunt iste que sequuntur: Azarabaccara. Cassia lignea. Amomum
- 5 Albuzale Simp.
< Greek ἄμωμον. Dietrich 1988, no. I 12. See GlossGA. The Arabic term is not documented in Lisān, Freytag, Lane, Dozy and Wehr.