سم

سِمْسِمٌ ذ [ Sesame; sesamum orientale of Linn.; applied in the present day to the plant and its grain;] a well-known grain; (Msb;) it is called in Pers. كُنْجُدْ; (MA, KL;) i. q. جُلْجُلَانٌ, (M, K,) said by AHn to be abundant in the Saráh (السَّرَاة), and El-Yemen, and to be white; (M;) [by this is evidently here meant sesame, or the grain thereof, or both; though it also signifies the “ fruit of the coriander; ” for otherwise, the most commonly-known meaning of سِمْسِمٌ would be unmentioned in the M;] the grain of the حَلّ; [i. e. the grain from which the oil called حَلّ is expressed; ] (S, K; [by the author of the latter of which, this was evidently understood to be different from the جُلْجُلَان, which is mentioned by him after the description of properties here following;]) it is glutinous, corruptive to the stomach and the mouth; but is rendered good by honey; and when it is digested, it fattens; and the washing of the hair with the water in which its leaves have been cooked lengthens and improves it: the wild sort thereof is known by the name of جَلْبَهَنْك, (K, TA,) thus, with fet-h to the ج and ب and ه, and sukoon to the ل and ن, [but written in the CK جَلْبَهَنَكْ,] a Pers. word, [originally جلْبَهَنْG,] arabicized; (TA;) its action is nearly like that of the خَرْبَق [or hellebore ]; and sometimes from half a drachm to a drachm is administered to him who is affected with palsy, and he is cured thereby, (K, TA,) speedily; (TA;) but a drachm thereof is dangerous, (K, TA,) in a great degree. (TA.) ― -b2- السِّمْسِمُ الهِنْدِىُّ: see خِرْوَعٌ, in art. خرع. -A2- Also The serpent: (K, TA:) or a certain creeping thing resembling it. (TA.) ― -b2- See also the next preceding paragraph, where it and its n. un. with ة are mentioned.