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Gaz — '^ — Tamarix species. 



Gaz-a7igahln — ^JJ^'\'^ — also pronounced gaz-anjahln 



— [Tamarisk Honey]. The manna of Tamarix 



GALLICA, var. 

 Gaz-mdzu — ^jW^ — [the gall (yielding) Tamarisk], 



TaMARIX GALLICA. 



Gaz-keva — [the Tamarisk (employed to make) baskets], 



Tamamx GALLICA, var. 

 Gaz-shakar — -^^yi — [Sugar-Tamarisk]. The Manna 



- yielding Tamarisk, Tamarix gallica, var. 

 Gaz-sliora — ^jy^yi — [bitter, or saline. Tamarisk], 



Tamarix tetragyna. 

 Gaz-suvkh — ^^-^j^ — [Red -Tamarisk], applied to 



Tamarix macrocarpa, and also to Tamarix 



GALLICA. 



Gazak — i»J^ — a devil, a bird trap. 



Gazella subgutturosa, Guld. , 



The Gazelle, the male ciliu or taka-i-dhu, the female hoz-i- 

 cihu or hurz-i-dhu. 



Gazu — y-^ — f/<^{j^' — a Tamarisk. 



Gentiana Olivieri, Griseh. Gentiaxace.e. 



This by Boissier is considered the hot country Gentian, 

 which it most certainly is, gul-khak. 



Get — Baluchi for a Willow, Salix species. 



Ghanj — ^i — a store. 



Ghciri-kun — ^^^Jij^.U — Arabic for Agaricus. Is the 

 Arabic word from the Greek agarikon ? or is 

 it a word taken from the East by the Greeks? 

 It is curious to note that species of Fungi 

 in Central Asia are employed for stopping 

 haemorrhage in wounds, and the word is said to 

 mean " blood-stopper " in Persia — ^^J^ — ghdrl, 

 is a sponge, and the — ^y'i — kun, may be for 

 khu n — r^y<, — blood. 



