‖ ˈnebbuk, ˈnebek
Also nebeck, nebk.
[Arab. nebq, nebeq, nebiq, the fruit of the lote-tree, or the tree itself.]
A thorny shrub of the genus Zizyphus, common in Palestine. Also attrib. with tree.
| 1850 W. Irving Mahomet I. 107 Here grew..the nebecktree producing the lotus. 1850 Gosse Sacred Streams (1878) 189 The groves of plane-trees and nebeks that line its banks. 1891 E. Arnold Lt. of World ii. 48 Where knot-grass with its spikes,..and nebbuk-thorns Bind..the marble wrecks. |