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Khush — 'lt^^ — good, sweet, nice, happy, pleasant. 



Khushta — deliglit, pleasure. 



Khuslik — i^JntcL — dry, withered. 



Khushk-targ — [the dry shrub]. The name at Koin 



for Ephedra pachyclada, and other species. 

 Kidgh — ^^ — grass, herbs. 

 Kldgh-ddna-ddr — J^^^^^-i:^ — [tli^ grain-bearing 



grass]. The wild Oat, Avexa fatua. 

 Kidh — Darnel-grass, Lolium temulentum, also Poly- 



POGOX LITTORALE. 



Klch, kech — Zygophyllum atriplicioides. 



Kilki, kalkill — the cup-bearing Ferula, Ferula 



OOPODA. 



Klmdk — >^\*>i^ — kaimdg — cream. 



Kinjad, kinjada — XiXsxii" — khunjada — sJ^:s\j_^ — 

 [blood-gum]. A gum employed in dressing 

 w^ounds, the Mastich of Pistacia vera, and of 

 PiSTACiA Terebinthus, var. mutica, 



Kinjak — ^iCs^vii — the tree Pistacia Terebinthus, 

 var. mutica. 



KwS' — (j«_j->^ — curved, a crooked stick. 



Klos-a-gl — [bent-grass]. The greater Millet, Sorghum 

 vulgare. This is certainly the best name as yet 

 for this Millet, seeing it is an introduced plant. 



Klrds — (J- ^j.jS — 



This is an Arabic name for the sweet white-heart cherry, 

 from the Greek ; hence comes the Persian term, carried 

 through Afghanistan on to Kashmir gilds, Pkunus cerasus, 

 var. 



Kirl — A general term for the Tamarix, in Baluchistan, 



and on the Helmand. 

 Kirm — ^j.^ — a worm, a caterpillar. 

 Kirm-pela — *^jo^^^ — the caterpillar of the silk-worm 



moth. 

 Kirta — iG^^ — the grass Eriaxthus Ravexx.^; the 



bog-rush ; a shrub brooms are made of 



