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‖ tarfa|tarˈfɑː| Also tarfah. [a. Arab. ṭarfā.] The tamarisk, Tamarix gallica, which exudes a gum called manna. Also attrib.
1858Bonar Hymns Faith & Hope 216 Creeping through the wiry boughs Of these tarfas. 1859Martin tr. Kurtz's Hist. Old Covt. III. 31 The manna produced on the tarfah shrub is caused by the prick of an insect. 1870Jas. Hamilton Moses xiii. 216 Jehovah did not ignore the few drops which already trickled from the tarfah-trees. |