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zachun

zachun noun: an oil extracted by from the fruit of a small thorny tree (Balanites aegyptiaca), which has healing properties.

Noun

zachun (uncountable)

  1. An oil extracted by from the fruit of a small thorny tree (Balanites aegyptiaca), which has healing properties.
  2. The tree itself, found in northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula

Origin of zachun

From a dialectal variant of Arabic زَقُّوم (zaqqūm).

Questions about zachun

What does zachun mean?
Zachun means an oil extracted by from the fruit of a small thorny tree (Balanites aegyptiaca), which has healing properties.
What part of speech is zachun?
Zachun is a noun.

Words near zachun in the dictionary

  1. Zacherys
  2. Zachman
  3. Zachmans
  4. Zachry
  5. Zachrys
  6. zachun
  7. zack
  8. Zackary
  9. Zackel
  10. Zackels
  11. Zackelschaf

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