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√ḪYR, ḪYRY
gillyflower (bot.) – WehrCowan1979. – Other dictionaries give ‘Viola alba, eiusque genera’ (Freytag1838), ‘(espèce de) violette’ (Kazimirski1860), ‘giroflée’ (Rolland2014).
▪ From Pers ḫīrī ‘plant family of Malvaceae’ (Rolland2014), ‘mallows; name of a certain flower of which there are several species’ (Steingass1892), ‘levkøy’ (Petersen)
▪ See above, section CONCISE.
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