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Definition of Balsamodendron Myrrha

Balsamodendron Myrrha
Myrrh Myrrh, n. [OE. mirre, OF. mirre, F. myrrhe, L. myrrha, murra, Gr. ?; cf. Ar. murr bitter, also myrrh, Heb. mar bitter.] A gum resin, usually of a yellowish brown or amber color, of an aromatic odor, and a bitter, slightly pungent taste. It is valued for its odor and for its medicinal properties. It exudes from the bark of a shrub of Abyssinia and Arabia, the Balsamodendron Myrrha. The myrrh of the Bible is supposed to have been partly the gum above named, and partly the exudation of species of Cistus, or rockrose. False myrrh. See the Note under Bdellium.

Meaning of Balsamodendron Myrrha from wikipedia

- Commiphora myrrha, called myrrh, African myrrh, herabol myrrh, Somali myrrhor, common myrrh, is a tree in the family Burseraceae. It is one of the primary...
- genus Commiphara. It is commonly extracted from the species Commiphora myrrha, Commiphora africana, Commiphora erythraea, Commiphora gileadensis, Commiphora...
- (Hiern) K.Schum. Commiphora murraywatsonii J.B.Gillett ex Thulin Commiphora myrrha (Nees) Engl. (syn. Commiphora molmol), producing myrrh. Commiphora namaensis...
- whereas other texts place balsam (balsamon), now generally recognized as Balsamodendron opobalsamum, but classified by some botanists as Commiphora opobalsamum...