ح • ر • ق • د

The عُقَدْة of the حُنْجُور [meaning the head of the windpipe; app. called its عقدة, or “ knob, ” because its anterior portion forms a protuberance, that which we term “ pomum Adami: ” see غُصَّةٌ]: (S, L, K:) pl. حَرَاقِدُ. (L.) And The root of the tongue; (IAar, L;) as also ↓ حِرْقِدٌ. (IAar, L, K.)