{ Ag″al‐loch (ăg″ăl‐lŏk), ‖A‐gal″lo‐chum (ȧ‐găl″lō̍‐kŭm), } n. [Gr. άγάλλοχον, of Eastern origin: cf. Skr. aguru, Heb. pl. ahālīm.] A soft, resinous wood (Aquilaria Agallocha) of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is called also agalwood and aloes wood. The name is also given to some other species.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.