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‖ ˈnebbuk, ˈnebek
Also nebeck, nebk.
[Arab. nebq, nebeq, nebiq, the fruit of the lote-tree, or the tree itself.]
A thorny shrub of the genus Zizyphus, common in Palestine. Also attrib. with tree.
1850W. Irving Mahomet I. 107 Here grew..the nebecktree producing the lotus. 1850Gosse Sacred Streams (1878) 189 The groves of plane-trees and nebeks that line its banks. 1891E. Arnold Lt. of World ii. 48 Where knot-grass with its spikes,..and nebbuk-thorns Bind..the marble wrecks. |