חֲצָב II, (חצב) [cutter,] a shrubby plant, with deep and straight roots, used for hedges to mark boundaries, prob. cistus. B. Bath. 55ᵃ המצר והח׳ וכ׳ a landmark (stone &c.) and the ḥazab form a legal boundary &c. Ib. 56ᵃ, v. חֲצוּבָא I. Tosef. Sabb. XIV (XV), 8; Y. ib. XVIII, 16ᶜ bot; Bab. ib. 128ᵃ מטלטלין את הח׳ וכ׳ you may (on the Sabbath) handle the (cut) ḥ., because it is food for gazelles. Kil. I, 8 חצוב (Ar. חצב).—Pl., v. חֲצוּבָה I.