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nabq

nabq is the alternative form of nabk.

Meaning of nabk

Noun

nabk (plural nabks)

  1. Either of two thorny shrublike trees, of the genus Ziziphus, from North Africa and the Middle East; Ziziphus spina-christi is supposed to be the plant from which Christ's crown of thorns was made.
    • Now we passed through a grove of palms, with their long bare stems and their feathery tufts lying motionless in the air; now through a forest of acacias and nabks; now along the edge of a deep canal, and then through fields of greenest corn […]1870, Christian Henry Bateman, editor, The Bible class magazine, volume 10, page 61
  2. The edible berry of Ziziphus lotus.

Forms of nabq

pluralnabqs

Questions about nabq

What is nabq the alternative form of?
Nabq is the alternative form of nabk.

Words near nabq in the dictionary

  1. nabothian
  2. Naboulsi
  3. Nabowla
  4. Nabozny
  5. Naboznys
  6. nabq
  7. nabqs
  8. nabs
  9. nabs the rust
  10. Nabu
  11. Nabua

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