noun, feminine/ˈxaɾa/plural: jaras
rockrose (plant in the genus Cistus or the genus Halimium); a pointed stick that has been hardened by fire, and can be used as a projectile weapon
From Arabic شَعْرَاء (šaʕrāʔ), whose original meaning of 'hairy' extended to refer to places covered in vegetation (vd. Latin comātus for an analogous process), from شَعْر (šaʕr, “hair, fur, bristle”).