سَنَمَةٌ
Root: سنم
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سَنَمَةٌ
The blossom of a plant; i. e. the head thereof, resembling the ear of corn, [or] it is of the طَرِيفَة [q. v.], not of the [herbs called] بَقْل: and signifies also the extremities [or an extremity] of the صِلِّيَان, which are [or is] shed thereby: and the head of a tree [or plant] of the kind termed دِقّ [q. v.], in form like what is upon the head of the reed, or cane, except that it is soft, and the camels eat it in the manner termed
خَضْمٌ [Verbal.Noun of خَضَمَ, q. v.]: [it is the n. un. of
سَنَمٌ , the latter being a coll. gen. n., as is shown by what follows:] AHn says, some assert that the سَنَمَة is such of the produce of herbs as resembles the produce of the
إِذْخِر [q. v.] and the like; and such as the produce of the reed, or cane; and that the most excellent of the
سَنَم
are the
سَنَم
of a herb called the
[n. un. of إِسْنَامٌ]; and the camels eat it in the manner termed
خَضْمٌ, because of its softness; or, as in some of the copies [of his work], the camels do not eat it.
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