حَلَمَةٌ
Root: حلم
Full Definition
2 And hence, as being likened thereto,
3 Also A certain worm, incident to the upper and lower skin of a sheep or goat, in consequence of which, when the skin is tanned, the place thereof remains thin: or a certain worm, incident to skin, which it eats, so that, when the skin is tanned, the place of the eating rends: pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] حَلَمٌ .
def.2 And A species of plant; accord. to As, also called يَنَمَةٌ: As is also related to have said that it is a plant of the kind termed عُشْب, having a dusty hue, a rough feel, and a red flower: another says that it grows in Nejd, in the sands, has a blossom, and roughish leaves, and thorns resembling the nails of a man; and that the camels suffer adhesion of the spleen to the side, and their young are cast, [for وتزل اخياكها , I read وَتزِلُّ أَحْبَالُها,] when they depasture it from the dry branches: accord. to AHn, it is [a plant] less than a cubit [in height], having a thick, or rough, leaf, and branches, and a flower like that of the anemone, except that it is larger, and thicker, or rougher: accord. to the K, it signifies also the tree [or plant] called سَعْدَان; which is one of the most excellent kinds of pasture: but Az says, it has nothing in common with the سعدان, which is a herb having round [heads of] prickles; whereas the حلمة has no prickles, but is a well-known kind of جَنْبَة; and I have seen it: [Dmr, accord. to Golius, describes it as “ a herb less than the arnoglossa ” , “ whitening in the leaves, and downy. ”]
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