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naḵẖl, s.m. Date-tree, palm-tree; (in P. & Urdū, also) a tree, a sapling, a plant;—a festoon, a thyrsus, a rod upon which flowers, interspersed with paper of different colours, are tied round to give it the appearance of a natural branch; an artificial tree:—naḵẖl-band, s.m. A gardener;—a maker of festoons, or of artificial trees and flowers:—naḵẖl-bandī, s.f. A plantation:—naḵẖl-istān, s.m. A grove of palms, or of other trees; a plantation.
Origin: Arabic