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سَمَّةٌ

Root: سم

Full Definition

سَمَّةٌ The meatus of the vagina of a woman; as also سِمَامٌ , [which is shown to be thus used as a sing., by a citation from a trad., though said to be] from سِمَامٌ as signifying the “ eyes ” (ثُقَب) of the needle [or of needles]: or the rima of a woman, with the parts that are next to it of the haunch and of the borders of the vulva, i. e. of the labia majora.
2 See also سِمَّةٌ.

def.2 Also السَّمَّةُ, or سَمَّةُ القَلْبِ, The heart, or cerebrum, of the palm-tree: pl. سمم [app. سِمَمٌ, or سُمَمٌ].
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