Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Variant of unspecific لُعَاع (luʕāʕ, tender or fresh greenery), which also means cichory and as لَاعِيَة (lāʕiya) spurges.

Noun edit

دُعَاع or دَعَاع (duʕāʕ or daʕāʕm

  1. Aizoon canariense
  2. Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 118, 288, 315
  • Ullmann, Manfred (1984–1991) Wörterbuch der klassischen arabischen Sprache. Band II (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 777b line 24