Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The dried, aromatic leaves of several Indian species of Cinnamomum, especially C. iners and C. nilidum, formerly used in medicine. Also called
Indian or Malabar leaves. (SeeMalabar leaves , under leaf.) - noun An ointment or perfume prepared from the malabathrum leaf.
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- noun The
spice from theleaf of variouscinnamon plants, used as Asia.
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However, the Thalmud particularizes musk, and the delightful oil distilled from the leaf of the aromatic _malabathrum_ of Hindostan.
Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 Thomas De Quincey 1822
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