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myrrh

Myrrh (Heb. mor, "distilling"; Arab. murr; Gk. smyrna, "myrrha").

It is the well-known gum resin extracted from the Arabian Balsamodendron Myrrha, Nees.

It was used as a perfume, for embalming, and as an ingredient of the holy anointing oil. It was one of the gifts of the magi.