سنبل

سُنْبُلٌ ذ [ Ears of corn: n. un. with ة: pl. سَنَابِلُ and سُنْبُلَاتٌ, the latter pl. occurring in the Kur xii. 43 and 46: it is said in the M, in art. سنبل, that سُنْبُلَةٌ signifies one of the سُنْبُل of زَرْع; in the K, in this art., that it signifies one of the سَنَابِل of زَرْع: see سَبَلٌ]. السُّنْبُلَةُ is also the name of A certain sign of the Zodiac [i.e. Virgo ]; (K, TA;) the sixth sign; the third of the summer signs: (TA:) [or Spica Virginis; ] a certain star in Virgo. (Kzw.) [See, again, سَبَلٌ.] ― -b2- Also A certain perfume; (M;) a certain plant of sweet odour, also called سُنْبُلُ العَصَافِيرِ, (K,) and الرّيْحَانُ الهِنْدِىُّ; (TA;) [ spikenard, called in the present day السُّنْبُلُ الهِنْدِىُّ;] the best whereof is the سُورِىّ, (K,) what is brought from سُور [or سُورَى?], a town, or district, of El-'Irák; (TA;) and the weakest is the هِنْدِىّ: it is an aperient; a discutient of flatulences; (K, * TA;) strengthening to the brain and the spleen and the kidneys and the bowels; and diuretic; and has the property of arresting the excessive flow of blood from the womb. (K, TA. [Mentioned also voce سَبَلٌ, as called سُنْبُلُ الطِّيبِ.]) السُّنْبُلُ الرُّمِىُّ [also signifies Spikenard, or perhaps a variety thereof; ] i. q. النَّارِدِينُ.(K.)