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azabar

azabar [? Ar. az-zabarjad (< Pers.) = chrysoprase, beryl or sim., conf. w.Ar. az-zarāband (< Pers.) = birthwort (Aristolochia)] , a stone or herb that cures scorpion stings. effigies scorpionis terrestris in ascensu Scorpionis celestis lapidi ~ar, qui et de genere onycharum videtur, insculptus contra venenum scorpii terrestris teste Haly valere probatur, sicut et herba que eodem nomine censetur juxta Avicennam contra hujusmodi venenum valet Ps.-Gros. 552.

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