عَنَمٌ
Root: عنم
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عَنَمٌ
A certain tree of El-Hijáz, having a red fruit, to which are likened the dyed fingers or ends of fingers: in the “ Nawádir ” said to be sappy, or tender, branches, that grow upon the trunks of the [trees called] عِضَاه, not resembling the other branches thereof, red in colour, the upper parts of the blossoms of which divide into four divisions, like a branch of an
أَرَاكَة [n. un. of أَرَاكٌ, q. v.]; coming forth in winter and in summer: or a species of trees having tender branches, to which are likened the fingers, or the ends of the fingers, of girls, or young women: in the “ Book of Plants ” [of AHn] said to be a small tree that grows in the midst, or interior part, of the
سَمُرَة [or gum-acacia-tree], having a red fruit: or, accord. to AA, the [fruit called] زُعْرُور [q. v.]: or, as AO says, the extremities of the Syrian
خَرُّوب [or locust-tree]: and he says that a verse of En-Nábighah is recited thus:
[With a dyed member (عُضْوٍ being understood, instead of كَفٍّ, because the latter is fem.,) soft, or tender, as though its fingers, or its fingers' ends, were 'anam upon their branches, not yet compactly organized]; which shows that it means a plant, not a worm: [for] it is said to signify a species of red worm, found in sand: or, as some say, the fruit of the عَوْسَج [or box-thorn], which is red, and then becomes black when thoroughly ripe; therefore En-Nábighah says لَمْ يُعْقَد, meaning that had not yet become ripe: and, as AHn says in one instance, threads [or tendrils] by means of which the vine clings to its trellises: and the thorns of the طَلْح [or acacia gummifera]; but this is said by Az to be incorrect: [see also a hemistich cited voce طَرَفٌ:] the n. un. is عَنَمَةٌ .بِمُخَضَّبٍ رَخْصٍ كَأَنَّ بَنَانَهُ عَنَمٌ عَلَى أَغْصَانِهِ لَمْ يُعْقَدِ
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