שִׁיפֹון

שִׁיפֹוןm. rye; (oth. opin. oats. Pes.II, 5; ib. 35a (classified with barley) expl. דִּישְׁרָא; Men.70a sq. Ḥall. 1, 1. Y. ib. 57b top (ref. to Is. 28:25) נסמן זה הש׳ nisman means shifon. Ib. middle ברם כרבנן … הש׳ מין כוסמיןוכ׳ but in the opinion of the Rabbis there are only three kinds of grain, shifon is a species of spelt Kil. 1, 1 הכוסמין והש׳ … אינןוכ׳ spelt and shifon are not heterogeneous (may be sown together). Kel. IX, 8 (Var. in Hai Gaon שִׁיפָה, v. Maim. a. l.; Var. שיפין, חשיפה through mistaking שיפה), v. מִיצָה.(Greek σιφώνιον a kind of oats.