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Myrrh

Myrrh Meaning & Definition
Myrrh Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Myrrh?

[n] aromatic resin burned as incense and used in perfume
[n] aromatic resin used in perfume and incense

Synonyms | Synonyms for Myrrh: gum myrrh | gum myrrh | sweet cicely

Related Terms | Find terms related to Myrrh: ambergris | ambrosia | aromatic | aromatic gum | aromatic water | attar | attar of roses | balm | balm of Gilead | balsam | bay oil | bergamot oil | champaca oil | civet | essence | essential oil | extract | fixative | heliotrope | jasmine oil | lavender oil | musk | myrcia oil | parfum | perfume | perfumery | rose oil | scent | volatile oil

See Also | Commiphora myrrha | Commiphora myrrha | gum resin | gum resin | myrrh tree | myrrh tree

Myrrh In Webster's Dictionary

\Myrrh\, n. [OE. mirre, OF. mirre, F. myrrhe, L. myrrha, murra, Gr. ?; cf. Ar. murr bitter, also myrrh, Heb. mar bitter.] A gum resin, usually of a yellowish brown or amber color, of an aromatic odor, and a bitter, slightly pungent taste. It is valued for its odor and for its medicinal properties. It exudes from the bark of a shrub of Abyssinia and Arabia, the {Balsamodendron Myrrha}. The myrrh of the Bible is supposed to have been partly the gum above named, and partly the exudation of species of {Cistus}, or rockrose. {False myrrh}. See the Note under {Bdellium}.

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