ضمر

ضَوْمَرَانٌ ذ (S, O, Msb, K) and ضَوْمُرَانٌ (Msb) and ↓ ضَمْيُرَانٌ (O, Msb, K) and ضَيْمَرَانٌ (Msb) A species of the رَيَاحِين [or sweet-smelling plants ]: (S, O:) or of the wild رَيْحَان: (K:) or the رَيْحَان فَارِسِىّ: (Msb, K:) Aboo-Nasr says that the ضيمران is the شَاهَسْفَرَم [or شَاهِسْفَرَم, i. e. basil-royal, or common sweet basil, ocimum basilicum ]: AHn says, on the authority of an Arab of the desert, of El-Yemen, that the ضيمران is exactly like the حَوْك [which is one of the names now applied to sweet basil ], of sweet odour, and is therefore asserted by some to be the شاهسفرم, but the ضيمران is wild; and he says that some call it ضَوْمَرَان. (O.)