bisabol

noun

bis·​a·​bol

ˈbisəˌbȯl,

-bōl

variants or bisabol myrrh or less commonly bissabol

like first form

plural -s

: a gum resin that resembles true myrrh and is obtained from two African trees (Commiphora kataf and C. erythraea)

called also opopanax

Word History

Etymology

of African origin; akin to Wolof bisap u ala, a Senegambian tree

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