سفندر

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Etymology

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A corruption of its epithet إِسْكَنْدَرَانِيَّة (ʔiskandarāniyya, literally Alexandrian) in the Ancient Greek name of one species δάφνη Ἀλεξάνδρεια (dáphnē Alexándreia), possibly blended with a form of Persian اسپرغم (esparğam, medicinal herb), as in Persian Ruscus genus and species are now most commonly called مورد اسفرم (murd esfaram, literally myrtle-herb).

Noun

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سَفَنْدَر (safandarm

  1. box holly (Ruscus gen. et spp.)

Declension

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References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “سفندر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 479
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[2] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 200–202
  • “δάφνη Ἀλεξάνδρεια – Ruscus hypophyllum”, in Dioscórides Interactivo[3] (in Spanish), 2024