شَرْمٌ
Root: شرم
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شَرْمٌ
A canal, or cut, (خَلِيج,) from a بَحْر [i. e. sea, or large river]: [now applied to a creek of a sea:] or the لُجَّة [i. e. main body, or fathomless deep,] of the بَحْر [or sea]: or the deepest part thereof: or a
غَمْرَة [or submerging deep] thereof: pl. شُرُومٌ.
2 And Any fissure in a mountain or rock, not passing through.
def.2 Also A certain kind of tree.
2 Also, or عُشْبٌ شَرْمٌ, (S, [in one of my copies of the S شَرِمٌ,]) Abundant herbs or herbage, of which the upper parts are eaten, the middle parts not being required, nor the lower parts.
2 And Any fissure in a mountain or rock, not passing through.
def.2 Also A certain kind of tree.
2 Also, or عُشْبٌ شَرْمٌ, (S, [in one of my copies of the S شَرِمٌ,]) Abundant herbs or herbage, of which the upper parts are eaten, the middle parts not being required, nor the lower parts.
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