See Also: myrrh(medicine)
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myrrh(1) (iou)



myrrh noun1.
[Old English myrra, myrre, corresp. to Old Saxon myrra (Dutch mirre), Old High German myrra (German Myrrhe), Old Norse mirra, from Germanic = Latin myrrha from Greek murra, of Semitic origin (cf. Arab. murr bitter, Aramaic mura, Hebrew mor, Akkadian murru).]
A bitter aromatic resinous exudate from the stem of various Arabian and African trees of the genus Commiphora (family Burseraceae), esp. C. abyssinica and C. myrrha, formerly important in perfumery and as an ingredient of incense; Pharmacology a tincture made from this. OE.
= myrrh tree below. LME-M17.
Comb.: myrrh tree a tree that yields myrrh.
myrrhed adjective (rare) mixed or sprinkled with myrrh L15.
myrrhy adjective smelling like or redolent of myrrh M19.