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myrrh

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myrrh  (mûr)
n.
1. An aromatic gum resin obtained from several trees and shrubs of the genus Commiphora of India, Arabia, and eastern Africa, used in perfume and incense. Also called balm of Gilead.
2. See sweet cicely.

[Middle English mirre, from Old English myrrha, from Latin, from Greek murrha, of Semitic origin; see mrr in Semitic roots.]

myrrh [mɜː]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several burseraceous trees and shrubs of the African and S Asian genus Commiphora, esp C. myrrha, that exude an aromatic resin Compare balm of Gilead [1]
2. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) the resin obtained from such a plant, used in perfume, incense, and medicine
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for sweet cicely [1]
[Old English myrre, via Latin from Greek murrha, ultimately from Akkadian murrū; compare Hebrew mōr, Arabic murr]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.myrrhmyrrh - aromatic resin that is burned as incense and used in perfume
Commiphora myrrha, myrrh tree - tree of eastern Africa and Asia yielding myrrh
gum resin - a mixture of resin and gum
Translations
myrrh [mɜːʳ] Nmirra f
myrrh
nMyrr(h)e f


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Must it not be to that famous elephant, with jewelled tusks, and redolent with myrrh, which was led out of an Indian town to do honor to Alexander the Great?
---Ay, as willingly as when, in the Gulf of Lyons, I flung over my merchandise to lighten the ship, while she laboured in the tempest---robed the seething billows in my choice silks---perfumed their briny foam with myrrh and aloes---enriched their caverns with gold and silver work
if he could go back even for a brief month of it, to feel again the brush of leafy branches against his naked hide; to smell the musty rot of dead vegetation--frankincense and myrrh to the jungle born; to sense the noiseless coming of the great carnivora upon his trail; to hunt and to be hunted; to kill
 
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