ثَوْلٌ

1.
A number, or collection, or swarm, of bees: (As, T, S, M, K:) or simply bees: (IAar, Th, T:) a word having no proper singular; (As, T, S, M, K;) and of the feminine gender: (M:) or the male bee; (M, K;) thus Lth explains it; but the right explanation is the first, that of As. (T.)
2.
And A company of men. (Ibn-'Abbád, TA.)
3.
Also The kind of trees called حَمْض. (M, K.)

Perseus ID: n4835