myrrh
A red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the genus Commiphora, especially Commiphora myrrha, used as perfume, incense or medicine.
Other meanings
The herb chervil.
Synonyms
- gum myrrh
A kind of
- gum resin
Related words
- myrrhbearer
- myrrhed
- myrrhin
- myrrhol
- myrrhy
- myrrhic
- African myrrh
- common myrrh
- heerabol myrrh
- herabol myrrh
- hirabol myrrh
- myrrhine
Word history
From Ancient Greek "μύρρα".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “myrrh” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.