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Khdr—J^ — ishkhdr — ^ls\i;\ — Barilla, a coarse car- 

 bonate of potash and soda. 



Kharez — )-j;*i' — and hdrez — y?.JS — a conduit for 

 water, the greater part of which is usually under 

 ground. 



Kharus — crjy-^ — ^ cock, the male of the donj;^stic 

 fowl. 



Khcish — jilii — a bundle of hay, the grass Erianthus 

 Kavenn.e. 



Klidshdh — iJi-il-; — a wand, a stick, chips, leaves. 



Khdshl- — the grass Erianthus Kayexx.e. 



Khash-khdsh — u^'.»iii — the seeds of the Opium 

 Poppy, Papayer somniferum. 



Khatml — is'*^^ — khadml — the j)lants Alth.ea 



HOHEXACKERI, AlTH.EA LAVATER.ilFLORA, 



Alth^a officinalis, and Malva sylvestris. 

 Kheru — Alth.ea layater^flora. 

 Khesht, or khisht — cL-Jioi — kisht — iliAixji" — a 



brick, a sweetmeat, curdled milk, anything that 



has become hardened. Manna. 

 Khldr — ^[j^ — -a Cucumber, Cucumis sati^hjs. 

 Khlr — (Baluchistan), the milky juice of Euphorbia 



cheirolepis. 

 Khirs — urj-^ — ^ hear — khirsa — a red bear, Ursus 



species. 

 Khlz, or khez — y^.^ — a spring of water. 

 Khohdnl, khuhdnl — i^J'^^.y^ — in Persia fried apricots ; 



in the Peshawur trade the dried flesh of apricots as 



imported into India. In Persia and Afghanistan 



the term kashta is employed to mean the dried 



flesh of apricots. 

 Khol — Sy^ — an enlarged gland. 

 Khdl-a-kdkndr — the seed-Yessel of the Opium Poppy, 



Papayer somniferum. 

 Khora, khiira — xj-^i — x;^^ — 



A white ant, Termes species ; a disease, a mound, a dome, 



