Camphire

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  • n. the fragrant henna flower (or plant): Lawsonia alba
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An old spelling of camphor.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An old form of camphor.
  • n. In the authorized version of the Bible (Cant. i. 14, iv. 13), a faulty rendering of the Hebrew name of the henna-plant, Lawsonia alba.
    • Word Usage
    "The juice, of which the camphire is made, runs out from a hole bored in the upper part of the tree, is received in a vessel, where it grows to a consistency, and becomes what we call camphire; and the juice being thus drawn out, the tree withers and dies."
    Variant
    camphor   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    camlet    camphor    olibanum    galbanum    mustard-seed    quaggy    echinacea    benzoin    spikenard    castoreum   
     
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