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Balm of gilead   /bɑm əv gɪlˈid/   Listen
noun
Balm  n.  
1.
(Bot.) An aromatic plant of the genus Melissa.
2.
The resinous and aromatic exudation of certain trees or shrubs.
3.
Any fragrant ointment.
4.
Anything that heals or that mitigates pain. "Balm for each ill."
Balm cricket (Zool.), the European cicada.
Balm of Gilead (Bot.), a small evergreen African and Asiatic tree of the terebinthine family (Balsamodendron Gileadense). Its leaves yield, when bruised, a strong aromatic scent; and from this tree is obtained the balm of Gilead of the shops, or balsam of Mecca. This has a yellowish or greenish color, a warm, bitterish, aromatic taste, and a fragrant smell. It is valued as an unguent and cosmetic by the Turks. The fragrant herb Dracocephalum Canariense is familiarly called balm of Gilead, and so are the American trees, Populus balsamifera, variety candicans (balsam poplar), and Abies balsamea (balsam fir).





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"Balm of gilead" Quotes from Famous Books



... at "The Runs," looked always like a picture, painted on the sky; white on gray in the morning, gray on crimson at sunset. The farmhouse of which we have spoken stood only a few rods back from the beach, and yet it had green fields on either hand; and a row of Balm of Gilead trees in front; an old and sandy road, seldom disturbed by wheels, ran between these trees and the house, and rambled down towards the light-house. Wild pea and pimpernel made this road gay; white clover and wild rose made it fragrant; and there branched off from it a lane, on which ...
— Hetty's Strange History • Anonymous
... this was said, and the coy and tender side-glance that accompanied it, were balm of Gilead to ...
— Put Yourself in His Place • Charles Reade
... investigation has proven it repeatedly to be false, yet many believe it. The consummation of marriage involves the mightiest issues of life and is the most holy and sacred right recognized by man, and it is the Balm of Gilead for many ills. Masturbation or prostitution soon blight the brightest prospects a young man may have. Manhood is morality and purity ...
— Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners • B.G. Jefferis


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