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单词 opobalsamum
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opobalsamumn.

Brit. /ˌɒpə(ʊ)ˈbɔːls(ə)məm/, /ˌɒpə(ʊ)ˈbɒls(ə)məm/, U.S. /ˌɑpəˈbɔlsəməm/, /ˌɑpəˈbɑlsəməm/
Forms: Middle English– opobalsamum, 1500s opobalsamon, 1600s opobalsamvm.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin opobalsamum.
Etymology: < classical Latin opobalsamum the resinous juice of the balsam tree < Hellenistic Greek ὀποβάλσαμον the resinous juice of the balsam tree, tree producing this resin < ancient Greek ὀπός vegetable juice (see opium n.) + βάλσαμον the balsam tree (see balsamum n.).In form opobalsamon after Hellenistic Greek ὀποβάλσαμον.
1. = Mecca balsam n. at Mecca n. 1, Balm of Gilead n. at balm n.1 Phrases Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > ointments, etc. > [noun] > balsam > specific
opobalsamuma1398
opobalsam1526
Samaritan's balsam1640
Peruvian balsam1666
balsam of Tolu1671
tolu balsam1671
true balsam1671
balsam of saturn1694
balm of Mecca1717
balsam of Mecca1721
friar's balsam1753
Canada balsam1754
balsam of Peru1771
Riga balsam1793
balsam of Acouchi1830
solid balsam1836
Sonsonate1852
Balm of Gilead-
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 216 Þe tree hatte Balsamum..and þe Ius opobalsamum... If þe rynde of þe stok is y-smete wiþ Iren combes..droppiþ þerof nobil opobalsamum.
?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 26 (MED) Þe liquour þat distilles oute of þe braunches calle þai Oxbalse, þat es at say, opobalsamum [Fr. Guybalse].
1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 268 In vertues it is far inferior to Opobalsamum.
1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs l.1388 If wits pearle-dropping Opobalsamum, In Amber-streaming Eloquence were drie.
a1667 G. Wither Opobalsamum Anglicanum in Misc. Wks. (1872–7) 23 For, we are come Not with a sword, but, Opobalsamum To cure your Vlcers.
1753 Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 235 Of the tubes one contains flowers of sulphur... In the third, opobalsamum.
1806 J. Lingard Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church II. ix. 134 The ignorance or experience of antiquity, had ascribed to the Opobalsamum the most salutary virtues.
a1854 J. Kitto Cycl. of Bibl. Lit. (1865–6) 312/1 Opobalsamum, or juice of the balsam, is generally described as the finest kind, of a greenish colour, and found in the kernel of the fruit.
1872 E. P. Barrows Sacred Geogr. & Antiq. 154 The opobalsamum is the true balm of Gilead.
2. The tree producing this resin, Commiphora opobalsamum (family Burseraceae), of Arabia and north-east Africa. Now historical.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > medicinal trees or shrubs > [noun] > non-British medicinal trees or shrubs > balm trees or plants
balsamc1000
balma1387
balsamuma1398
bdelliuma1398
balm-tree1601
balsam-tree1601
balsamum-tree1603
Balm of Gileada1701
opobalsamum1737
maria1745
Balm of Gilead shrub1754
hyawa1825
Balm of Gilead fir1833
balm-shrub1841
balsam-fir1865
balsam-poplar1882
mountain balm1887
1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews ix. i, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 273 In that place grows..the Opobalsamum.
1848 M. Somerville Physical Geogr. II. xxiii. 91 The keura odorifera, a superb tree.., opobalsamum also yielding balsam, and the kataf, from which myrrh is supposed to come, are peculiar to Arabia.
1931 M. Grieve Mod. Herbal I. 78/1 Later, it was called Opobalsamum, its dried twigs Xylobalsamum, and its dried fruit Carpobalsamum.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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