Encyclopediamyrrh:myrrh: see incense-tree. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on myrrh from Fact Monster:
- sweet cicely - sweet cicely sweet cicely , name for the European herb Myrrhis odorata and for closely related ...
- incense-tree - incense-tree incense-tree, common name for members of the Burseraceae, a family of sometimes ...
- bdellium - bdellium bdellium , aromatic gum resin obtained from trees of the genus Commiphora (Balsamodendron ...
- Gilead - Gilead Gilead , in the Bible. 1. Eponym of the Gileadites, grandson of Manasseh. 2. Gadite. 3. ...
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