Tarfa

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Tarfa arabice est tamariscus.


Apparatus:

est om. f


Translation:

Tarfa is Arabic for Latin tamariscus {"tamarisk"}.


Commentary:

Wehr (1976): ﻃﺮﻓﺎﺀ /ṭarfāʔ/ "tamarisk"; Siggel (1950: 50): ﻃﺮﻓﺎﺀ /ṭarfāʔ/, ﻃﺮﻓﺔ /ṭarfa/; Tamarix gallica, Tamariske {i.e. "tamarisk"}.


Botanical identification:

Following Siggel’s identification it is Tamarix gallica L., the "common" or "French tamarisk", see [[1]], but according to LSJ it is the "oriental tamarisk", a vernacular name that is usually applied to Tamarix aphylla (L.) Karst. [[2]].

WilfGunther 07/12/2013

See also: Tamariscus, cf. Tarafa


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