Kitira

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Kitira arabice est dragagantum.


Apparatus:

Whole entry om. e

Kitira AC f | Kitria B


Translation:

Kitira is Arabic for Latin dragagantum {"gum tragacanth"}.


Commentary:

Wehr (1976): ﻛﺛﻴﺮﺍ /kaṯirā/ "tragacanth (Astragalus gummifer Lab.; bot.) gum obtained from tragacanth".


See also: Tragagantum, Dragagantum gummi, Quetire

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