sebesten

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A tree of the genus Cordia; also, its plum-like fruit. There are two species. C. Myxa, the more important, is found from Egypt to India and tropical Australia; the other is the East Indian C. obliqua (C latifolia). In the East their dried fruit is used medicinally for its demulcent properties; it was formerly so used in Europe. In India the natives pickle the fresh fruit. Also called Assyrian or sebesten plum.

Wiktionary

1. n. botany The mucilaginous drupaceous fruit of two East Indian trees (Cordia myxa and Cordia latifolia), sometimes used medicinally in pectoral diseases.
2. n. botany, West Indies The similar fruit of Cordia sebestana.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Bot.) The mucilaginous drupaceous fruit of two East Indian trees (Cordia Myxa, and Cordia latifolia), sometimes used medicinally in pectoral diseases.