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Webster 1913 Edition

Xylobalsamum

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Xyˊlo-bal′sa-mum

,

Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

ξύλον

wood +

βάλσαμον

the balsam tree, balsam; cf. L.

xylobalsamum

balsam wood, Gr.

ξυλοβάλσαμον

.]

(Med.)

The dried twigs of a Syrian tree (

Balsamodendron Gileadense

).

U. S. Disp.