balsa mod end ron

[Gr. βάλσαμον ( balsam on ) balsam, and δένδρον (dendron) a tree. Balsam-tree.] A genus of plants belonging to the order Amyridaceæ. They have often pinnate leaves, spinous branches, small green axillary, unisexual flowers, and a two, or by abortion, one-celled fruit with solitary seeds. Balsa mod end ron myrrh a, found in Arabia Felix, yields the resin called Myrrh. B. Gileadense (Balm of Gilead), called also B. opobalsamum, produces Balm of Gilead or Balm of Mecca (q.v.). B. mukul yields a resin believed by Dr. Stocks to be the Bdellium of Scripture and of Dioscorides. [BDELLIUM.] B. africanum furnishes African Bdellium. B. kataf furnishes a kind of myrrh, and B. pubescens yields Bayee Balsam. B. Zeylanicum is cultivated in Britain as a stove-plant. [BALM.] anything coagulated. ( N.E.D. )