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Webster 1913 Edition


Sebesten

Se-bes′ten

(sē̍-bĕs′tĕn)
,
Noun.
[Ar.
sebestān
the tree: cf. Sp.
sebesten
.]
(Bot.)
The mucilaginous drupaceous fruit of two East Indian trees (
Cordia Myxa
, and
Cordia latifolia
), sometimes used medicinally in pectoral diseases.
☞ In the West Indies the name is given to the similar fruit of
Cordia Sebestana
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sebesten

SEBES'TEN

,
Noun.
The Assyrian plum, a plant of the genus Cordia, a species of jujube.

Definition 2024


sebesten

sebesten

English

Noun

sebesten (plural sebestens)

  1. The mucilaginous drupaceous fruit of two East Indian trees (Cordia myxa and Cordia latifolia), sometimes used medicinally in pectoral diseases.
  2. (West Indies) The similar fruit of Cordia sebestana.