Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The wood, or particularly the dried twigs, of the balm-of-Gilead tree, Commiphora Opobalsamum.
- noun The balsam obtained by decoction from this wood.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) The dried twigs of a Syrian tree (
Balsamodendron Gileadense ).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the dried twigs or fragrant wood of balm of Gilead (or balsam of Mecca)
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