Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

سَلْمَى

Root: سلم

Full Definition

سَلْمَى A certain plant which becomes green in the [season called] صَيْف [app. here meaning spring].
2 أَبُو سَلْمَى The [species of lizard called] وَزَغ: or, some say, [as is said in the M,] أَبُو .
3 See also the next paragraph.
4 [In the CK, by a mistranscription, a meaning belonging to سُلَامَى is assigned to سَلْمَى.]


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