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Definition of bdellium in English: bdelliumnoun ˈdɛlɪəmˈdɛliəm mass nounA fragrant resin produced by a number of trees related to myrrh, used in perfumes. Example sentencesExamples - Egyptian women carried little pouches filled with pieces of the bdellium for the scent.
- Manna was said to be the color of bdellium.
- The gum exudate is collected from incisions or spontaneous cracks in the bark of the bdellium tree.
- In some way it was like coriander seed and in some other way like bdellium, a fragrant resin.
- The price of bdellium when quite pure is three denarii per pound.
Origin Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek bdellion, of Semitic origin. Definition of bdellium in US English: bdelliumnounˈdɛliəmˈdelēəm A fragrant resin produced by a number of trees related to myrrh, used in perfumes. Example sentencesExamples - The gum exudate is collected from incisions or spontaneous cracks in the bark of the bdellium tree.
- Egyptian women carried little pouches filled with pieces of the bdellium for the scent.
- In some way it was like coriander seed and in some other way like bdellium, a fragrant resin.
- Manna was said to be the color of bdellium.
- The price of bdellium when quite pure is three denarii per pound.
Origin Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek bdellion, of Semitic origin. |