ħaxix
Maltese
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editħaxix m (collective, singulative ħaxixa, plural ħxejjex, paucal ħaxixiet)
- grass
- Synonym: (obsolete) għoxb
- Jista’ joħroġ ukoll il-fwieħa tal-ħaxix aħdar.
- It can bring out the fragrance of green grass.
- Anton Buttigieg, “Ħajku 236”, in Il-Muża bil-Kimono:
- Fis-sajf il-għolja
libset il-libsa skura
tal-ħaxix niexef.- In summer the hill
put on the brown frock
of the fried grass.
- In summer the hill
- vegetable
- Il-ġlata ta’ mal-lejl thedded b’mod partikolari il-kultivazzjoni tas-siġar tal-frott, tal-frott żgħir u l-ħaxix.
- Night frost is a particular danger for fruit trees, berries and for vegetables.