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opobalsamum
‖ opobalsamum (ɒpəʊˈbælsəməm) [L., a. Gr. ὀποβάλσαµον juice of the balsam tree, f. ὀπός juice + βάλσαµον the balsam-tree.] The balsam or oleoresin called Balm of Gilead or Balm of Mecca: see balm n. 10.1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. xviii. (1495) 613 Balsamum is a tree lyke to a vine,..yf the ryn...
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Shemen Afarsimon
According to one theory, it is the plant Commiphora opobalsamum - a small shrub, 10 to 12 feet high, with wandlike, spreading branches.
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xylobalsamum
‖ xylobalsamum (zaɪləʊˈbælsəməm) Also 7 in anglicized form xylobalsame. [L. (Pliny), ad. Gr. ξυλοβάλσαµον: see xylo- and balsam, balm. Cf. F. xylobalsame, † xilo- (Cotgr.).] The fragrant wood of the tree Balsamodendron gileadense, which yields the resin called opobalsamum or Balm of Gilead.[1398 Tre...
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Opobalsamum / Mecca Myrrh
Opobalsamum (Commiphora opobalsamum [L.] Engl. Mecca myrrh) is a rare type of myrrh in the genus Commiphora. It is sometimes referred to as opobalsamum, and is a relative of but not the true C. opobalsamum.
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Amyris
(as A. gileadensis L. or A. opobalsamum L.)
Commiphora kataf (Forssk.) Engl. (as A. kataf Forssk.)
Metopium toxiferum (L.) Krug & Urb.
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stacte
‖ stacte (ˈstæktiː) Also 4–5 stacten, 7 stact, 8 stackten. [L. stactē, a. Gr. στακτή fem. of στακτός distilling in drops, f. σταγ-, στάζειν to drop. The form stacten represents the accus., treated in med.L. as indeclinable. (So G. stacten.)] a. A fragrant spice referred to by ancient writers; proper...
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subrogate
▪ I. † ˈsubrogate, pa. pple. Obs. [ad. L. subrogātus (var. surrogātus surrogate), pa. pple. of subrogāre (see next).] Put in the place of another.1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) III. 257 The x. men create were ammovede, and tribunes..were subrogate. Ibid., Harl. Contin. VIII. 440 Other laymen were subrog...
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Storax balsam
This may possibly be the biblical balm, though other sources conclude that the biblical balm is Balsam (opobalsamum).
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Balm of Gilead
Linnaeus distinguished two varieties: Amyris gileadensis L. (= Amyris opobalsamum Forsk.), and Amyris opobalsamum L., the variant found by Belon in a garden Christ., synonym Commiphora opobalsamum.
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balsam
▪ I. balsam, n. (and a.) (ˈbɔːlsəm) Forms: 1 balsam, balzam, balzama; 6–7 balsome, 7 -um, -ame, 7–8 -om, 7– balsam. [ad. L. balsam-um: see below. Found already in OE. as balsam, balzam (neut.), and balzama, -e, wk. ? m. or f.; then not till c 1600, the general popular sense having been meanwhile sup...
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balm
▪ I. balm, n. (bɑːm) Forms: 3 basme, 3–5 bame, (4 balsme), 4–7 bawm(e, 4–8 baume, 4–9 baum, 5 bavme, 5–6 bawlme, 5–7 baulme, balme, 7 baulm, 6– balm. [ME. basme, bame, a. OF. basme, later bâme (= Pr. basme, It. balsamo):—L. balsamum: see balsam, -um. Also ME. baume, bawme, a. OF. (13th c.) bausme, b...
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1646 in poetry
Suckling, Fragmenta Aurea, works, including letters, poems and plays
Henry Vaughan, Poems, with the Tenth Satyre of Juvenal Englished
George Wither, Opobalsamum
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tear
▪ I. tear, n.1 (tɪə(r)) Forms: see below. [OE. téar = OFris. târ, ON. tár (Sw. tår, Da. taar, taare), contr. from earlier OE. *teahr, *teaᵹr, teaᵹor, ONorthumb. tehr = OHG. zahar, zahhar (MHG. zaher, zâr, Ger. zähre), Goth. tagr; cogn. with Gr. δάκρ-υ, OL. dacrima (L. lacrima, -uma), OPr. dacr, dêr,...
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Incense offering
described as being the extract of the transparent portion of the myrrh resin which exudes spontaneously from the tree, or a balsam from a tree such as opobalsamum
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