عَرَادٌ

, applied to a plant, Thick and hard. (AHn, O, K.)

And A certain plant, (S, O, K,) of the kind termed حَمْض, (S,) hard and erect: (TA:) or a certain herb, said to be [of the kind termed] حَمْض, eaten by the camels, growing in sands and sand-plains: or, as some say, it is [a sort] of the نَجِيل [q. v.] that grows in good and salubrious land, remote from water: n. un. with ة: Az says, I have seen the عَرَادَة in the desert, [a plant] having hard wood, spreading branches, and no scent. (L.)

See also عَرَادَةٌ.