פֶּרַע, long, entangled hair. Num. R. s. 11 נוזרים … ומגדלים פ׳ abstain from wine and grow long hair. Sifra Thazr., Par. 5, ch. XII (ref. to פרוע, Lev. XIII, 45) לגדל פ׳ that means, to let the hair grow (as against R. ʿĂḳiba who explains פרועuncovered, v. פָּרַע); a. e.
פֶּרַע, thick growth of bushes. Tosef. Ohol. IX, 3, v. next w.