saum
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic صَوْم (ṣawm, “fasting”).
Noun[edit]
saum
- (Islam) fasting; one of the five pillars of Islam
- (ecology) A herbaceous border found at the edge of a woodland patch. It is usually found below and farther out from the woodland than the woody shrub mantel and the tree canopy.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- R. T. T. Forman, Michel Godron (1986) Landscape Ecology, pages 108-109
Anagrams[edit]
Icelandic[edit]
Noun[edit]
saum
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
saum m (definite singular saumen, indefinite plural saumar, definite plural saumane)
See also[edit]
- søm (Bokmål)
References[edit]
- “saum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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