From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Myrrh \Myrrh\, n. [OE. mirre, OF. mirre, F. myrrhe, L. myrrha,
murra, Gr. ?; cf. Ar. murr bitter, also myrrh, Heb. mar
bitter.]
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
exudes from the bark of a shrub of Abyssinia and Arabia, the
{Commiphora Myrrha} (syn. {Balsamodendron Myrrha}) of the
family {Burseraceae}, or from the {Commiphora abyssinica}.
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.
[1913 Webster]
{False myrrh}. See the Note under {Bdellium}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
myrrh
n 1: aromatic resin that is burned as incense and used in
perfume [syn: {myrrh}, {gum myrrh}, {sweet cicely}]
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