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Bdellium /ˈdɛliəm/ (also
bdellion or
false myrrh) is a semi-transparent oleo-gum
resin extracted from
Commiphora wightii plants, and from
Commiphora africana...
- Sanhedrin. Finally, when
Jesus is buried,
Nicodemus brought a
mixture of
myrrh and aloes—about 100
Roman pounds (33 kilograms, or 73 lb).
Nicodemus must...
- couch, my nard gave
forth its fragrance. My
beloved is to me a
sachet of
myrrh that lies
between my ****. — Song of
Songs 1:12–13 ESV Then Mary took...
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plastered over with
myrrh, to the
temple of the Sun, and
there buries the body. In
order to
bring him, they say, he
first forms a ball of
myrrh as big as he...
- is the
mother of
Adonis in Gr**** mythology. She was
transformed into a
myrrh tree
after having intercourse with her father, and gave
birth to Adonis...
- Land of Punt. Hatshepsut's
delegation returned from Punt
bearing 31 live
myrrh trees and
other luxuries such as frankincense.
Hatshepsut would grind the...
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Papyrus describes tablets to cure bad
breath based on incense, cinnamon,
myrrh and honey.
Hippocratic medicine advocated a
mouthwash of red wine and ****es...
- biennial. The
generic name
Smyrnium is
derived from the Gr**** word for
myrrh and the
epithet olusatrum was the
Roman name of a plant, from the Latin...
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vinegar sponge, as well as
juniper berry, ambergris, cloves, labdanum,
myrrh, and storax. The
herbs right up
against the nose
inside the beak allowed...
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poisonous "
false morels", a term
loosely applied to
describe Gyromitra esculenta,
Verpa bohemica, and
other morel lookalikes.
Although false morels are...
