Myrrh
[mɜː] or [mɝ]
Definition
(noun.) aromatic resin that is burned as incense and used in perfume.
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Definition
(n.) A gum resin, usually of a yellowish brown or amber color, of an aromatic odor, and a bitter, slightly pungent taste. It is valued for its odor and for its medicinal properties. It exudes from the bark of a shrub of Abyssinia and Arabia, the Balsamodendron Myrrha. The myrrh of the Bible is supposed to have been partly the gum above named, and partly the exudation of species of Cistus, or rockrose.
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Definition
n. a bitter aromatic transparent gum exuded from the bark of a shrub in Arabia.—adj. Myr′rhic.—ns. Myr′rhin the fixed resin of myrrh; Myr′rhol the volatile oil of myrrh.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see myrrh in a dream, signifies your investments will give satisfaction. For a young woman to dream of myrrh, brings a pleasing surprise to her in the way of a new and wealthy acquaintance.
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Examples
- The Egyptian em balmers relied on the preservative properties of common salt, wine, aromatics, myrrh, cassia, etc. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- And so when we have anointed him with myrrh, and set a garland of wool upon his head, we shall send him away to another city. Plato. The Republic.
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