ضمر

ضَمْرَانٌ ذ (S, O, K) and ↓ ضُمْرَانٌ (TA) A certain plant, (S, O, K,) of the shrub-kind (مِنْ دِقِّ الشَّجَرِ): (K:) or of the kind called حَمْض: AM says, it is not of the shrub-kind, and has [ what are termed ] هَدَب [q. v.] like the هَدَب of the أَرْطَى: (TA:) AHn says, it resembles the رِمْث, except that it is yellow (أَصْفَرُ [app. a mistranscription for أَصْغَرُ i. e. smaller ]), and it has little wood, [ and ] the small and dry parts of its branches are fed upon [ by the camels ] (يُحْتَطَبُ): he adds, on the authority of the ancient Arabs of the desert, that it is [ of the kind called ] حَمْض, green, lank, pleasing to the camels: and Aboo-Nasr says that it is of the kind called حَمْض. (O.) -A2- See also what next follows.