شَرْمٌ

A canal, or cut, (خَلِيج,) from a بَحْر [i. e. sea, or large river]: (S, K:) [now applied to a creek of a sea:] or the لُجَّة [i. e. main body, or fathomless deep,] of the بَحْر [or sea]: (K:) or the deepest part thereof: (TA:) or a غَمْرَة [or submerging deep] thereof: plural شُرُومٌ. (IB, TA.)

And Any fissure in a mountain or rock, not passing through. (TA.)

Also A certain kind of tree. (K.)

Also, (K,) or عُشْبٌ شَرْمٌ, (S, [in one of my copies of the S شَرِمٌ,]) Abundant herbs or herbage, of which the upper parts are eaten, the middle parts not being required, (S, K,) nor the lower parts. (S.)