MYRRHS
Noun
myrrhs
plural of myrrh
Source: Wiktionary
MYRRH
Myrrh, n. Etym: [OE. mirre, OF. mirre, F. myrrhe, L. myrrha, murra,
Gr. murr bitter, also myrrh, Heb. mar bitter.]
Definition: A gum resin, usually of a yellowish brown or amber color, of an
aromatic odor, and a bitter, slightly pungent taste. It is valued for
its odor and for its medicinal properties. It exuds from the bark of
a shrub of Abyssinia and Arabia, the Balsamodendron Myrrha. The myrrh
of the Bible is supposed to have been partly the gum above named, and
partly the exudation of species of Cistus, or rockrose. False myrrh.
See the Note under Bdellium.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition