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Definition of Opobalsamum

Opobalsamum
Opobalsam Op`o*bal"sam, Opobalsamum Op`o*bal"sa*mum, n. [L. opobalsamum, Gr. ?; ? vegetable juice + ? balsam.] (Med.) The old name of the aromatic resinous juice of the Balsamodendron opobalsamum, now commonly called balm of Gilead. See under Balm.

Meaning of Opobalsamum from wikipedia

- distinguished two varieties: Amyris gileadensis L. (= Amyris opobalsamum Forsk.), and Amyris opobalsamum L., the variant found by Belon in a garden near Cairo...
- Amyris gileadensis L. Amyris opobalsamum L. Balsamea gileadensis (L.) Oken Balsamea meccanensis Gled. Balsamea opobalsamum Baill. Balsamodendrum ehrenbergianum...
- a close relative of and of the same genus as Styrax officinalis) or opobalsamum (rare type of myrrh tree mentioned frequently in ancient Jewish writings...
- Amyris opoBalsamum L., Balsamodendrum ehrenbergianum O. Berg, Balsamodendrum gileadense ****h, Balsamodendrum opobalsamum ****h, Commiphora opobalsamum (L...
- balm, though other sources conclude that the biblical balm is Balsam (opobalsamum). This species originated in the Southern regions of Mesopotamia, present...
- giessii Van der Walt Commiphora gileadensis (L.) C.Chr. (syn. Commiphora opobalsamum), producing balsam of Mecca. Commiphora glandulosa Schinz Commiphora...
- DC.) Commiphora gileadensis (L.) C.Chr. (as A. gileadensis L. or A. opobalsamum L.) Commiphora kataf (Forssk.) Engl. (as A. kataf Forssk.) Metopium toxiferum...
- exudes spontaneously from the tree, or a balsam from a tree such as opobalsamum or a styrax. Onycha, which in Gr**** means "nail", is variously described...
- the biblical oil. According to one theory, it is the plant Commiphora opobalsamum - a small shrub, 10 to 12 feet high, with wandlike, spreading branches...
- generally recognized as Balsamodendron opobalsamum, but classified by some botanists as Commiphora opobalsamum, and which has yet still the other taxonomic...