zachun
Meanings
noun
- An oil extracted by from the fruit of a small thorny tree (Balanites aegyptiaca), which has healing properties.
- The tree itself, found in northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula
Word forms
Etymology
From a dialectal variant of Arabic زَقُّوم (zaqqūm).
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