xylobalsamum

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xylobalsamum - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Xylobalsamum \Xy`lo*bal"sa*mum\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. xy`lon wood +
     ba`lsamon the balsam tree, balsam; cf. L. xylobalsamum balsam
     wood, Gr. xyloba`lsamon.] (Med.)
     The dried twigs of a Syrian tree (Balsamodendron Gileadense
     ). --U. S. Disp.
     [1913 Webster]