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سَنِمٌ

Root: سنم

Full Definition

سَنِمٌ A camel having a large سَنَام [or hump]: fem. with ة.
2 Also A tall plant, of which the سَنَمَة, i. e. the head, resembling the ear of corn, or the blossom, has come forth. [And] سَنِمَةٌ signifies Any tree (شَجَرَة) that does not bear; its extremities having dried up, and become altered. (M. [In the TA, the word in this sense is said to be سَنَمَةٌ: but the former is app. the right reading.])
3 Also, or سَنِمٌ عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ, Water rising, or rising high, and appearing upon the surface of the earth.
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