צֶמֶר, צמר to be pressed, thick, warm; cmp. עמר) wool, hair. Sabb. 54ᵃ; Shebu. 6ᵇ, v. כָּבַן. Kil. VII, 2 צ׳ גפן, v. גֶּפֶן. Y. ib. II, 27ᵈ גפן הצ׳ cotton tree. Tosef. Sabb. IX (X), 3 צ׳ ארנבים (not ביים …) hair of hares. Gen. R. s. 37 (ref. to צמרי, Gen. X, 18) (the inhabitants of Ḥamatz are named Zemarites,) שהן עושין בצ׳ because they work in wool. Yeb. 4ᵇ צ׳ לפשתים ופשתים לצ׳ woolen show-fringes for linen garments, and linen for woolen garments; a. fr.