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Beet — the plant that yiekls Beet-root, Beta vulgaris. 

 Bekh — ^ju — the root of any shrub; technically 



applied to the root-stocks of Acanthophyllum 



MACRODOX and Gypsophila paxiculata, their 



roots are " the root." 

 Bekh-i-gao-gosh — [the root of the cow's ear]. The 



underground creeping stem of Apocy^xum 



VEXETUM. 



Behh-i-gid-i-ahds — [the root of the flower abas]. 



The roots of Mirabilis Jalapa. 

 Behh-mahk [the root, of the root] and heJch-sus — 



[the root of the root]. The root-stock of 



Glycy^rrhiza glabra. 

 Behh-i-zlr-halak — [the root of the (thorn) under the 



leaf]. The wood, and root-stocks of the 



Barberry, Berberis vulgaris. 

 Beleric Myrobalaxs, the fruit of Termixalia 



belerica. 



Benincasia cerifera, Savi. Cucurbitace^. 

 Gourd, sahcha, cultivated freely in gardens for its gourd, 

 which is much used as a vegetable. 



Beranj — herinj — ^j^ — Rice, the grain of the plant 

 Oryza sativa. 



Berberis vulgaris, Linn. BERBERiDEiE. 



The Barberry, jlr, jlr-khdr, zer-khdr, zir, zir-bcir, zir-halaJc, 

 zlr-khdr, the fruit zirishk, strishL A very common shrub, 

 growing at an altitude of 2000 feet and upwards, from which 

 is largely collected the fruit ; this is consumed locally, as well 

 as being exported in some quantity to India, where it is 

 highly appreciated by the natives as a condiment. Usually 

 the fruit contains no seeds ; it is then much more oval, longer, 

 and of a much lighter colour than that which has seeds. On 

 reacliing the Punjab the fruit, or preserve, is called zlrishk- 

 tursh, to distinguish it in the trade from small, dried, 

 black grapes ; the latter are our European Currants, or 

 Corinths. From the root-stocks and wood of the Berberis 



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