أَسْمَرُ

[Tawny, or brownish; dusky; dark-complexioned or dark-coloured;] of the colour termed سُمْرَةٌ [q. v.]: (S, M, K, & c.:) fem سَمْرَاءُ: (Msb, & c.:) and plural سُمْرٌ. (A.) You say بَعِيرٌ أَسْمَرُ A camel of a white colour inclining to شُهْبَة [which is a hue wherein whiteness predominates over blackness]. (M.) And قَنَاةٌ سَمْرَاءُ [A tawny spearshaft]. (M.) And حِنْطَةٌ سَمْرَاءُ [Tawny wheat]. (M.)

[Hence,] السَّمْرَاءُ Wheat: (S, Msb, K:) because of its colour. (Msb.) And الأَسْمَرَانِ Wheat and water: (AO, S, K:) or water and the spear. (S, K.)

الأَسْمَرُ, also, signifies Milk: (M:) or milk of the gazelle: (IAar, M, K:) apparently because of its colour. (M.)

And [for the same reason] السَّمْرَاءُ signifies also Coarse flour, or flour of the third quality, full of bran; synonym خُشْكَارٌ. (K.) You say السَّمْرَاءُ Bread made of such flour. (L in article خُبْزُ السَّمْرَاءِ.)

And The [kind of milking-vessel called] خرج. (Sgh, K.)

And عَامٌ أَسْمَرُ (assumed tropical:) A year of drought, in which is no rain. (M.)