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Jouz — -j^^ — a nut ; the marrow or centre of any- 

 thing ; a walnut, the fruit of Juglans regia. 



Jouz-i-hola — *j^j^^ — the Nutmeg, the kernel of 

 Myristica fragrans. Also pronounced jozr:-/- 

 hlci. 



Joioain — the fruit of Carum copticum. 



JowCiT — Punjabi for Sorghum vulgare. 



Judas tree — Cercis Siliquastrum. 



Jiighal — ^kj — -jughdl, charcoal. 



Juglans regia, Linn. Juglande.e. 



The Walnut, the fruit of the cultivated tree, jouz, jaoz, 

 goz, chdr-maghz. This tree is extensively cultivated at 

 Maimana, from whence most of the walnuts that come to 

 these parts are imported. There are a few trees at Herat, 

 and at Bezd are some large groves of very fine trees, with 

 the orchards full of numerous smaller ones. The tree is 

 said to be indigenous in the Kohistan range ; it was so in 

 the Kuram Valley of Afghanistan, where the indigenous tree 

 and its fruits were called matdkh, metdhh, whdgar, the culti- 

 vated tree and its fruit having the ordinary Persian names ; 

 specimens of the fruit of the indigenous tree were collected 

 and forwarded to the museum at Kew. The Flmxt of 

 British India, by an oversight I suppose, does not include 

 Afghanistan in the extent of the distribution of this tree. 

 The chief value of the cultivated tree lies in its fruit, which, 

 in addition to its being locally consumed, is largely exported 

 to India and Turkistan. Except for medicinal use the oil 

 is not extracted from the nut. The wood is highly valued 

 for the manufacture of the large wooden dishes and platters 

 so commonly in use amongst the people. From the indi- 

 genous tree in Kohistan are imported large quantities of the 

 bark for dyeing with, for which purpose the rind of the nuts 

 is also used. The bark, post-i-jouz ; the dye, rang-i-pdst-i~ 

 jouz; the oil, roghan-i-jouz. 



Juice — shlra, roh, rob, rub. 



Jujube — anCib, the fruit of Zizyphus vulgaris. 



Juncus maritimus, Linn. Juxcace^. 

 The rush, chdh. 



