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Definition of Bdellium
1. Noun. Aromatic gum resin; similar to myrrh.
Definition of Bdellium
1. n. An unidentified substance mentioned in the Bible (Gen. ii. 12, and Num. xi. 7), variously taken to be a gum, a precious stone, or pearls, or perhaps a kind of amber found in Arabia.
Definition of Bdellium
1. Noun. Probably an aromatic gum like balsam that was exuded from a tree, probably one of several species in the genus ''Commiphora''. ¹
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Definition of Bdellium
1. a gum resin [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bdellium
Literary usage of Bdellium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chemical Works of Caspar Neumann ...: Abridged and Methodized : with by Caspar Neumann, William Lewis (1773)
"Lemery and Pomet have given fictitious figures of the plant, as the latter has
done of many others. The beft bdellium is of a ..."
2. A Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire (1824)
"bdellium. WE are very much puzzled to know what this bdellium is, which is found
near the shores of the Pison, a river of the terrestrial paradise which ..."
3. Analysis of Resins, Balsams and Gum-resins: The Chemistry and Pharmacognosis by Karl Dieterich (1901)
"121 ; A. d. Ph. 221, pp. 801-811.—Thorns, Ph. C., 1890, p. 543. 43. bdellium.
Gummi-resina bdellium. Origin and Habitat.—African bdellium : Commiphora ..."
4. The Materia medica of the Hindus: Compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works by Udoy Chand Dutt (1877)
"In rheumatism it is used in combination with bdellium, as in the following, ...
2 Take of sulphur eight tolas, bdellium eight tolas, decoction of the three ..."
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