balsamodendron roxburghii

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balsamodendron roxburghii - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  bdellium \bdel"lium\, n. [L., fr. Gr. bde`llion; cf. Heb.
     b'dolakh bdellium (in sense 1).]
     1. An unidentified substance mentioned in the Bible (--Gen.
        ii. 12, and --Num. xi. 7), variously taken to be a gum, a
        precious stone, or pearls, or perhaps a kind of amber
        found in Arabia.
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     2. A gum resin of reddish brown color, brought from India,
        Persia, and Africa.
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     Note: Indian bdellium or false myrrh is an exudation from
           Balsamodendron Roxburghii. Other kinds are known as
           African bdellium, Sicilian bdellium, etc.
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