مُخَاطَةٌ

(AO, K) and ↓ مُخَّيْطٌ, (K,) called by the latter name by some of the people of ElYemen, (Sgh, TA,) and by the people of Egypt [in the present day], (TA,) [and ↓ مُخَّيْطَا, (Golius, on the authority of Ibn-El-Beytár, but if it end with a short ا, i.e. without ء, it should be written مُخَّيْطَى,)] [The cordia myxa, or smooth-leaved cordia; also called sebestena, and sebesten, and Assyrian plum;] a kind of tree, (K, TA,) producing a viscous fruit, [whence its name, like the Greek μύξα, which signifies both mucus and this kind of plum,] which is eaten; (TA;) called in Persian سِبِسْتَان [or سَPِسْتَان]; (K, TA;) i. q. أَطْبَاءُ الكَلْبَة [bitch's dugs], [its fruit] being likened thereto. (TA.) (See De Sacy's “ Abd-allatif, ” pp. 68 — 72.]