שֵׁיץ m. (v. preced.; cmp. נוֹצָה) 1) prickly branch of the date palm. — Pl. שֵׁיצִים, שֵׁיצִין, שֵׁצִ׳. Tosef. Shebi. VII, 16; Pes. 53ᵃ על של בין הש׳ as long as there are dates on the single branches, opp. כפים, v. כִּיפָּה. —2) late (stony) date on the palm-tree.—Pl. as ab. Y. Sabb. I, 4ᵃ bot. ש׳ שבכפים the stony dates on the top branches; Y. Bets. III, 62ᵃ (not שבכפיס).