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أَذَنَةٌ ذ The leaves of trees, (En-Nadr, T,) or of grain. (K.) ― -b2- [The kind of leaf called خُوصَة of the ثُمَام.] ― -b3- (tropical:) The young ones of camels and of sheep or goats; (En-Nadr, T, K;) as being likened to the خُوصَة of the ثُمَام. (TA.) ― -b4- A piece of straw: pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] ↓ أَذَنٌ [in the CK أُذُنٌ]. (IAar, T, K.) -A2- Appetite, appetency, longing, yearning, or strong desire. (En-Nadr, T.) You say, هٰذِهِ بَقْلَةٌ تَجِدُ بِهَا الإِِبِلُ أَذَنَةَ شَدِيدَةً This is a herb for which the camels feel a strong appetite &c. (En-Nadr, T.) And هٰذَا طَعَامٌ لَا أَذَنَةَ لَهُ This is food for the odour of which there is no appetite. (K, * TA.)

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