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جَمِيمٌ جميم A plant, or herbage, that has grown somewhat, but not attained its full height: (S:) or much, or abundant, herbage: (K:) or herbage standing up and spreading: (AHn, K:) or that has grown up until it has become like the جُمَّة of hair: (TA:) a plant, or herbage, when it first appears in the ground is termed بَارِضٌ; then, جَمِيمٌ; then, بُسْرَةٌ; then, صَمْعَآءُ; and then, [when it is dry,] حَشِيشٌ: (S in art. بسر:) pl. أَجِمَّآءُ. (K.) And, with ة, A [plant of the kind termed] نَصِيَّة that has become half a month old, so that it fills the mouth. (K.) ― -b2- See also جَمٌّ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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