agallochum

  • 41agalloch — /euh gal euhk, ag euh lok /, n. the fragrant, resinous wood of an East Indian tree, Aquilaria agallocha, of the mezereum family, used as incense in the Orient. Also called agallochum /euh gal euh keuhm/, agalwood /ag euhl wood /, agilawood, aloes …

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  • 42Plants in the Bible — • Discusses all of the types of plants mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Plants in the Bible     Plants in the Bible      …

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  • 43Aloes —    (Heb. ahalim), a fragrant wood (Num. 24:6; Ps. 45:8; Prov. 7:17; Cant. 4:14), the Aquilaria agallochum of botanists, or, as some suppose, the costly gum or perfume extracted from the wood. It is found in China, Siam, and Northern India, and… …

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  • 44Lign-aloes —    (only in pl., Heb. ahalim), a perfume derived from some Oriental tree (Num. 24:6), probably the agallochum or aloe wood. (See Aloes) …

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  • 45bois — (boî ; l s se lie : les bois et les campagnes, dites : les boi z et les campagnes) s. m. 1°   La substance dure, compacte, solide, qui constitue la racine, la tige et les branches des arbres et des arbrisseaux. Ustensiles en bois.    Fricasser… …

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  • 46ALOE — nomen duabus diversissimi generis plantis commune; alteri arbori aromaticae, ad thymiamata vulgo usurpatae: alteri, herbae, ex qua suceus catharticus amarissimus cliciebatur, qui etiam ἀλόης nomine censebatur. Isidor. c. de Arboribus arom. Aloa… …

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  • 47PARADISUS — I. PARADISUS apud recentiores Scriptores, atrium est porticibus circumdatum ante aedes sacras. ex Graeco Παράδεισος, qui ab Hesychio definitur τόπος εν ᾧ παριπάτοι, locus porticibus et deambulatoriis circumdatus, Gallis vero Parvis. Hâc notione… …

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  • 48THYA — apud Plinium, l. 13. c. 16. ubi de citri arbore: Inter pauca nitidioris vitae instrumenta est haec arbor Nota etiam Homero fuit: Thyon Graece vocatur, ab aliis Thya; eadem est cum citro, unde citreae mensae fiebant, tanti olim Romanis habitae.… …

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  • 49XYLALOE — Graece ξυλαλόη, est aloes odoratae lignum, seu arbor aloes, quae alias agallochum, item arbor Paradisi, ad excellenti odore, dicitur, uti vidimus supra: neutiquam proin cum aloe καθαρτικῇ seu medicamentaria, quae herba est, confundenda, quod… …

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  • 50agalloch — n.; (also agallochum) Agillochum, lign aloes, aloes wood, agal wood, eagle wood, calambac …

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