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 Zarnikh — ^j;j — yellow arsenic, orj^iment. 



Zea Mays, Linn. Gra^iixej;. 



Maize, jaori, jaodri, jaori-khurdani. I never could make 

 out whether the natives were speaking of this plant or of 

 SOKGHUM VULGAEE, as the ordinary terms jo.ori, and jaodri, 

 are equally applicable to both. To those who may have the 

 opportunity it would be as well to make a more careful 

 examination into these names. In Baluchistan, and on the 

 Helmand, maize is grown, but over the rest of the country I 

 traversed it could not be considered a field crop, as if grown 

 at all it was only grown as an occasional plant, at distances 

 from each other, through fields of cotton, melons, and 

 tobacco, in the same way as Soeghum ytlgare, or Penni- 

 SETUM SPICATUM. Eaised as a luxury only, for the cobs to be 

 eaten roasted over the fire. The climate in these parts was 

 not considered suitable for it without continuous irrigation, 

 which could not be supplied. It is cultivated largely to the 

 east of Herat, near Bala-morghab, Panjdeh, and in Turkistan, 

 whence it is extensively imported into these districts ; and 

 its flour is in ordinary use here for bread. 



Zebd, ziba — '.xjj — beautiful, elegant. 



Zedoary — the rhizomes of Curcuma Zedoaria. 



Zej% zar — -jj — the metal Gold. 



Zer-hdr, zirbdr — -J^j^j — impoverished ; the Barberry, 



Berberis vulgaris. 

 Zer-Jchdr, zir-Jchdr — [the thorn under (the leaf)], the 



Barberry, Berberis vulgaris. 

 Zetun — ijjy'^j — the Olive, Olea europea, 

 Zldrat — Cl^Uj — a shrine, a holy place. 

 Zift — tJJj — z uft — pitch, resin, 

 Zil, zir — ^jj — the fruit of Lylium barbarum. 

 Zll-khdr — the Bramble, RuBUS species. 

 Zixc — a natural oxide of zinc is said to be found in 



Persia, called Tutty ; sang -t lit ia. 



Zingiber officinale, Roscoe. SciTAMisEiE. 

 Ginger, zanjah'd. zanjafiJ, zangofil. The dried rhizomes 



