Myrrh

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 67

mėr, 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. [O. Fr. mirre (Fr. myrrhe )—L. and Gr. myrrh a —Ar. murr .]