Definition of "opobalsamum" [opobalsamum]

• Same as opobalsam. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Of so-called balsams, entirely destitute of cinnamic and benzoic constituents, the following are found in commerce: -- _Mecca balsam_ or _Balm of Gilead_, from _Commiphora opobalsamum_, a tree growing in Arabia and"
• "The balm tree, which produced the opobalsamum, a great object of trade, was probably introduced from Arabia in the time of Solomon."
• "Balsamodendron opobalsamum, Kunth., which is extant in tropical regions of east Africa and Arabia and yields the "balm of Mecca"; and"