[The plural] مَعَارٍ [with the article المَعَارِى] signifies also (assumed tropical:) Places that do not give growth to plants, or herbage. (K.)
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And (assumed tropical:) Beds, or the like; synonym فُرُشٌ, (K, TA,) plural of فِرَاشٌ. (TA.) And in this sense, (TA,) مَعَارِى occurs for مَعَارٍ, by poetic license. (S, TA.)