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balm of Judea en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Balm of Gilead, a rare perfume mentioned in the Bible.
    • Among the Arabs, an ointment, unidentified in composition, but called the Balm of Judea or of Mecca, was used as an aphrodisiac. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 167: