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bdellium

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bdel·li·um  (dl-m)
n.
An aromatic gum resin similar to myrrh, produced by certain Asian and African shrubs or trees of the genus Commiphora.

[Middle English, from Latin, from Greek bdellion, variant of bdolkhon, of Semitic origin; akin to Akkadian budulu.]

bdellium [ˈdɛlɪəm]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several African or W Asian trees of the burseraceous genus Commiphora that yield a gum resin
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the aromatic gum resin, similar to myrrh, produced by any of these trees
[from Latin, from Greek bdellion, perhaps from Hebrew bědhōlah]
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Noun1.bdellium - aromatic gum resin; similar to myrrh
gum resin - a mixture of resin and gum


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When we are apart I always imagine your face as a face of gold, with eyes and teeth of bdellium, or chalcedony, or agate, or any wonderful unknown stones of appropriate colors.
 
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