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Elemi

noun
1.
Fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense.  Synonym: gum elemi.



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"Elemi" Quotes from Famous Books



... only soil to be found. In them the strange and savage trees—spined, and sown thick with sharp teeth—found their rootage, and writhed about, splitting the rock into endless cracks and fissures with their fierce effort—sea-grape, with leaves like cymbal-shaped plates of green metal; gum-elemi trees, with trunks of glistening bronze; and seven-year apples, with ...
— Pieces of Eight • Richard le Gallienne

... Calamin[ari] (Ointment from calamine stone) 10 lb. 4 lb. *Ung[uentum] Basilic[um] Flav[um] (Yellow basilicon ointment) 10 lb. *Ung[uentum] Merc[urale] Fort[is] (Strong mercurial ointment) 6 lb. Ung[uentum] e Gum[mi] Elemi (Ointment of gum elemi) 3 lb. Ung[uentum] Alb[um] Camp[horatum] (Camphorated ...
— Drug Supplies in the American Revolution • George B. Griffenhagen



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