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Kennet — panir-mma ; a substitute for rennet, rndla- 



shir. 

 Resh, risli — yi.). — the beard, applied to the roots of 



a plant. 

 Resha, rlslia — a-^^j. — a fringe, fibres, the roots of a 



tree. 

 Resha-khatmi — roots of Alth.ea lavater.eflora 



employed in medicine. 

 Resha-i-gul — roots of Mirabilis Jalipa. 

 Resham — ^^j, — silk. 

 Resham-i-hhdmak — raw-silk. 

 Reslimi — ij^-?., — silken. 

 Eesix — zcift, zift, zuft. 



No pine-resin is a product of the country I travelled over, 

 but under the name anzrucl is imported into Herat and 

 Meshad a true pine-resin from other parts of Afghanistan 

 and India. A substance called zuft is said to be obtained 

 from a cultivated tree called 2^osh-i-khdrn, which grows at 

 Maimana, Kalanao, and Panjdeh. The resinous dust of 

 Cannabis sativa is chars, charas, and is imported as an 

 intoxicant. 



Reivand — «^j>j. — Rhubarb, Rheum species. 

 Rewand-i-chlnl — ^^i^^^^j^j, — the medicinal Rhubarb 



root from China, Rheum species. 

 Rewand-ckukrl — the edible indigenous Rhubarb^ 



Rheum Ribes. 

 Reivand-i-dewdna — [Fools'-Rhubarb], Rheum tatar- 



ICUM. 



Retvand-i-megdn — [the ruby-coloured Rhubarb] 

 Rheum tataricum. 



Reims, riwds — >_.-.>j — the edible Rhubarb, Rheum 

 Ribes. 



Reivdsh, reirdshJc — [from raw'ish, a sprout, a shoot] ; 

 the edible Rhubarb, Rheum Ribes. 



Rewdsh-i-dewdna — [Fools'-Rhubarb], Rheum tatar- 

 icum. 



