Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

فِرْصِدٌ andفِرْصِيْدٌ↓ The stones of raisins and of grapes; (M, O, L, Ḳ;) as alsoفِرْصَادٌ↓. (M, L, Ḳ.)

فِرْصَادٌ The [mulberry called] تُوت [q. v.]: (AO, AḤn, O, Mṣb:) or the [tree called] تُوت: or its fruit: (M, Ḳ:) or the red توت: (Ṣ, Mṣb:) [or, accord. to Zeyn el-'Attár, the sweet and white mulberry: so says Golius: see تُوتٌ:] Lth says that it is a well-known tree; that the people of El-Basrah call the tree thus, and call its fruit تُوتٌ: (T, O,* Mṣb:) and by فِرْصَادٌ the lawyers mean the tree that bears the [fruit called] تُوت. (Mṣb.)

Also A red dye; (Ḳ:) or redness. (M, L.)

See also فِرْصِدٌ.