s. f. (M.), The Asphodelus fistulosus lit. buds of the earth, the leaves of which are like an onion, but without its bulb and smell. It is abundant as a field weed and grows among the crops, of the spring harvest. The seeds are ground and made into bread of a very repulsive appearance, which is eaten by the poor in time of scarcity. They are also used medicinally under the name of binghar bij. The weed is very injurious to the crop among which it grows. A watering before ploughing and plenty of subsequent ploughings always destroy it; i. q. Bhugáṭ.