Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

رُمَامٌ

Root: رم

Full Definition

رُمَامٌ : see رَمِيمٌ.
2 It is applied as an epithet to ثُمَام, in a saying of 'Omar, explained in art. ثم: accord. to some, it means that whereof the heads are grown, so that they are eaten (تُرَمُّ, i. e. تُؤْكَلُ): it is also applied to a herb, or leguminous plant, such that the cattle pluck it with their mouths, obtaining but little thereof: and to herbage that had dried up when becoming green.


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