سُنْبُلٌ
1.
[Ears of corn: n. un. with ة: plural سَنَابِلُ and سُنْبُلَاتٌ, the latter plural occurring in the Qur'an, 12:43 and 46: it is said in the M, in article سنبل, that سُنْبُلَةٌ signifies one of the
سُنْبُل
of
زَرْع; in the K, in this article, that it signifies one of the
سَنَابِل
of
زَرْع: see سَبَلٌ]. السُّنْبُلَةُ is also the name of A certain sign of the Zodiac [i.e. Virgo]; (K, TA;) the sixth sign; the third of the summer signs: (TA:) [or Spica Virginis;] a certain star in Virgo. (Kzw.) [See, again, سَبَلٌ.]
2.
Also A certain perfume; (M;) a certain plant of sweet odour, also called
سُنْبُلُ العَصَافِيرِ, (K,) and
الرّيْحَانُ
الهِنْدِىُّ; (TA;) [spikenard, called in the present day السُّنْبُلُ الهِنْدِىُّ;] the best whereof is the
سُورِىّ, (K,) what is brought from
سُور [or سُورَى?], a town, or district, of El-'Irák; (TA;) and the weakest is the
هِنْدِىّ: it is an aperient; a discutient of flatulences; (K, * TA;) strengthening to the brain and the spleen and the kidneys and the bowels; and diuretic; and has the property of arresting the excessive flow of blood from the womb. (K, TA. [Mentioned also voce سَبَلٌ, as called سُنْبُلُ الطِّيبِ.]) السُّنْبُلُ الرُّمِىُّ [also signifies Spikenard, or perhaps a variety thereof;] i. q.
النَّارِدِينُ.(K.)