Bahram Grami
- ḴORMĀLU
ḴORMĀLU (Diospyros kaki L.), English “persimmon,” of the Ebenaceae or ebony family, is an edible fruit with an astringent taste…
- GAZ (1) i. GAZ-ANGOBĪN
i. GAZ-ANGOBĪN A. adscendens (gavan-e gazī) is a very prickly, grayish-green, perennial shrub which grows up to 1 m in…
- ḴORFA
ḴORFA (Portulaca oleracea L.), English “common purslane,” of the Portulacaceae family (purslane family), a pharmaceutical plant (PLATE I). The genus name is Portulaca, from portula, diminutive of L. porta ‘little…
- QALAM
QALAM “reed pen.” Qalam (قلم) is a common name for a reed (nay/ney, نی), a perennial plant of the grass…
- ḴIRI
ḴIRI (Mid. Pers. hērīg), wallflower (Cheiranthus cheiri L., synonym: Erysimum cheiri (L.) Crantz), a widely cultivated, sweet-smelling, ornamental plant of…
- SAQQEZ
SAQQEZ, a semifluid resin obtained from cuts and cracks of the wild pistachio trees, Pistacia mutica Fisch and C. A….
- LILY
LILY, name of herbaceous and bulbous flowering plants of the genus Lilium L. of Liliaceae, the lily family. The lily,…
- LILAC
LILAC, a fragrant, deciduous shrub of the genus Syringa of Oleaceae, olive family. The term is derived from Persian lilanj,…
- ḴĀKŠI
ḴĀKŠI (or ḵākšir, ḵākšū; flixweed), a medicinal plant, Descurainia sophia (L) Webb ex Prantl (Syn. Sisymbrium sophia L.) of the…
- ḴAṬMI
ḴAṬMI (or ḵeṭmi), “marshmallow,” Althaea officinalis L. of the family Malvaceae (the mallow family), an important pharmaceutical plant. Plants of the…
- KATIRĀ
KATIRĀ (gum tragacanth), a plant exudate from Astragalus species, particularly A. gummifer and A. microcephalus, of the family Leguminosae, widely…
- KANAF
KANAF (Hibiscus cannabinus L.), English “kenaf,” an annual herbaceous plant of the Malvaceae family, yielding a soft fiber from the…