Myrrh
WordNet
noun
(1) Aromatic resin that is burned as incense and used in perfume
WiktionaryText
Etymology
, from , from , from a Semitic root meaning bitter. Compare Arabic .
Noun
- A red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of the Commiphora myrrha tree.
- 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, p. 98)
- The glories of Mary held his soul captive: spikenard and myrrh and frankincense, symbolising the preciousness of God's gifts to her soul, rich garments, symbolising her royal lineage, her emblems, the lateflowering plant and lateblossoming tree, symbolising the agelong gradual growth of her cultus among men.
- 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, p. 98)