نَبْتٌ

and ↓ نَبَاتٌ [properly coll. gen. ns.] are synonym, (S, K,) [signifying A plant, a herb: and plants, herbs, or herbage:] whatever God causes to grow, vegetate, or germinate, in the earth: (Lth:) the latter is a verbal noun used as a subst.: (Lth:) or it is a subst. which is used in the place of a verbal noun of أَنْبَتَ: (Fr:) n. un. of the former نَبْتَةٌ; (AHn;) [and of the latter نَبَاتَةٌ of which the plural نَبَاتَاتٌ is mentioned in the K in this article, and frequently occurs in other works].

أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ وَأَهْلُ نَبْتٍ A people of the highest rank, or nobility, and a people whose property has grown to the most flourishing state by means of their own exertions. (L, from a tradition)