aspalathus
See also: Aspalathus
English
Aspalathus cordata
Etymology
From Latin aspalathus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάλαθος (aspálathos).
Noun
aspalathus (plural aspalathuses)
- Any of the genus Aspalathus of flowering plants.
- (obsolete) A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiastes 24:15:
- I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon and aspalathus, and I yielded a pleasant odour like the best myrrh, as galbanum, and onyx, and sweet storax […]
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