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‖ xylobalsamum|zaɪləʊˈbælsəməm|
Also 7 in anglicized form xylobalsame.
[L. (Pliny), ad. Gr. ξυλοβάλσαµον: see xylo- and balsam, balm. Cf. F. xylobalsame, † xilo- (Cotgr.).]
The fragrant wood of the tree Balsamodendron gileadense, which yields the resin called opobalsamum or Balm of Gilead.
[1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. xviii. (Bodl. MS.) lf. 194 b/1 Balsamum is a tree..liche to a vyne..þe tre hatte Balsamum and þe stokke Xilobalsamum and the frute and þe sede Carpobalsamum and iuse Opobalsamum.] 1616Bullokar Eng. Expos., Xylobalsamum, a sweet wood out of which balme droppeth. 1728Chambers Cycl., Xylo-Balsamum, a Name which Naturalists, &c. give to the Wood of the Tree which yields that precious Gum known to the Latins by the Name of Opo-Balsamum, and among us by the Name of Balm of Gilead... The Xylo-balsamum is reputed good to strengthen the Brain, and Stomach. 1868Watts Dict. Chem. V. 1060 Xylobalsamum, the commercial name of the odoriferous wood of Amyris gileadensis, which yields Mecca balsam. |