Kasum

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Kasum arabice abrotanum.


Translation:

Kasum is Arabic for Latin abrotanum {"southernwood"}.


Commentary:

Siggel (1950: 61): ﻗﻴﺴﻮﻢ /qaisūm/ ﻗﻴﺼﻮﻢ /qaiṣūm/ Artemisia {the genus southernwood belongs to}.


See also: Abrotanum, Kaysum


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