Aspalathus

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the genus Aspalathus of flowering plants.
  2. 2
    A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil. obsolete

    "I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon and aspalathus, and I yielded a pleasant odour like the best myrrh, as galbanum, and onyx, and sweet storax […]"

Synonyms

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genus aspalathus

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"I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon and aspalathus, and I yielded a pleasant odour like the best myrrh, as galbanum, and onyx, and sweet storax […]"

Etymology

From Latin aspalathus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάλαθος (aspálathos).

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flowering plant

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