thyine wood

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thyine wood - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Thyine wood \Thy"ine wood`\ [Gr. ? ?, fr. ?, adj., pertaining to
     the tree ? or ?, an African tree with sweet-smelling wood.]
     (Bot.)
     The fragrant and beautiful wood of a North African tree
     (Callitris quadrivalvis), formerly called Thuja articulata
     . The tree is of the Cedar family, and furnishes a
     balsamic resin called sandarach. --Rev. xviii. 12.
     [1913 Webster]

thyine wood - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Thyine wood
  mentioned only in Rev. 18:12 among the articles which would
  cease to be purchased when Babylon fell. It was called citrus,
  citron wood, by the Romans. It was the Callitris quadrivalvis of
  botanists, of the cone-bearing order of trees, and of the
  cypress tribe of this order. The name of this wood is derived
  from the Greek word _thuein_, "to sacrifice," and it was so
  called because it was burnt in sacrifices, on account of its
  fragrance. The wood of this tree was reckoned very valuable, and
  was used for making articles of furniture by the Greeks and
  Romans. Like the cedars of Lebanon, it is disappearing from the
  forests of Palestine.