Definitions
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- noun (Bot.) The Arabian name of two trees of the genus Balsamodendron, which yield a gum resin and a red aromatic wood.
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- noun Either of two trees of the
genus Balsamodendron, which yield agum resin and a redaromatic wood
Etymologies
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Arabic
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Examples
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But in the Greek text the word is rendered "the double cave" – by derivation from the root kafal, "to double".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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She had gone to collect kafal in a forest in Kavre with her friends, where the fire engulfed them.
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