غَوْلَانٌ

A plant of the [kind called] حَمْض, (A'Obeyd, AHn, S, O, K,) like the أُشْنَان [i. e. kali, or glasswort], (K,) or, according to AHn, resembling the عُنْظُوَان [which is described as a plant of the حَمْض, or, as some say, the best of the أُشْنَان], except that it is more slender; and it is a pasture. (TA.)

Also singular of غَوَالِينُ, which signifies [The ribs of a ship or boat, i. e.] the things that resemble the ضُلُوع in a ship or boat. (AA, O, TA.)