Dictionary entry

Opobalsam

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Op′o‐bal″sam (?), ‖Op′o‐bal″sa‐mum (?), } n. [L. opobalsamum, Gr. �; � vegetable juice + � balsam.] (Med.) The old name of the aromatic resinous juice of the Balsamodendron opobalsamum, now commonly called balm of Gilead. See under Balm.