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The ‘Cecil’ Glossary of Materia Medica and Medical Terminology
Word From Document Chemical or Mineral? Other Contemporary Name or Alternative Spelling Modern Botanical: Stace/Grin Dioscorides ref Alternative Names explanation: D = Dioscorides Imported Source of Info
xylobalsamum n wood Commiphora opobalsamum branches of balm of gilead, takes away aches, refreshes brain; from New World y Gerard 1529, Frampton f7v
xylobalsami n as above or D- wood of balsam (Pharmaco-pinax p24 see lignum aloes) y Wirsung
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