128 Brigade-Surgeon J. E. T. Aitchison's Notes on Products 



chdr-macjhz, the walnut ; tut-i-maghz, dried 

 mulberries. 

 Maghz-i-jouz — the kernel of the walnut, Juglaxs 



REGIA. 



Maghz-i-pista — Pistaeio kernels, the kernels of 



PiSTACIA VERA. 



Magnesi AN -LIMESTONE — Gypsum, gach. 



Mahk — S^^ — mdhk, a root ; the plant Glycyrrhiza 



GLABRA, its roots ; also the extract prepared 



from its roots, Liquorice. 

 Mcihk-ak — [the small root]. The root stocks of 



Valeriana Wallichiana. A Kuram Valley 



name, where this Valerian root is collected for 



exportation to Cabul. 

 Mala — ajU — Ferment, Leaven, Eennet ; panir-mdla, 



[cheese-producer] Rennet ; gul-mdl [the flower 



that produces (Barilla)] a species of Salsola, 



and Anabasis. 

 Mdla-mesh — [sheep-leaven]. The plant Centaurea 



MOSCHATA. 



Mdla-sh'ir — ^j^ajU — [milk -leaven]. A mixture of 



sour milk and herbs to coagulate milk with. 

 Maiddn — i1,1<Xj>-< — a plain, a desert. 

 Maize. Indian corn, Zea Mays. 

 Majlt, majlth — axj>^^ — (Hindustani) Rubia tinc- 



TORUM, Madder. 

 Majnu, majnun — ^^^JLs^^ — a. willow, Salix species, 



cultivated at Herat. 

 Mdju — >i?.U — mdzu — -^jU — the galls of an Oak, 



QuERCUS species, or of a Tamarisk, Tamarix 



species. 

 Majun — ^^js\x^ — an intoxicant prepared from the 



oil of Cannabis sativa. Lidian hemp. 

 Makai — ^JC^ — mekal. Of, or belonging to Mecca. 

 Malhatl — ^jA^Xai — Liquorice, the extract prepared 



from the roots of Glycyrrhiza glabra. 



