Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

بُرْعُومٌ

Root: برعم

Full Definition

بُرْعُومٌ and بُرْعُمٌ and بُرْعُومَةٌ and بُرْعُمَةٌ The calyx of the fruit, or produce, of a tree: and blossoms, or white blossoms, syn. نَوْرٌ, before they open: or flowers, (S, and Msb in explanation of the first word in art. زهر,) or the flower of a tree, before the opening thereof: pl. بَرَاعِيمُ.
2 بَرَاعِيمُ also signifies The heads, or tops; or round, high, slender tops; or peaks; (شَمَارِيخ;) of mountains: sing. بُرْعُومَةٌ .


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