aspalathus

See also: Aspalathus

English

Aspalathus cordata

Etymology

From Latin aspalathus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάλαθος (aspálathos).

Noun

aspalathus (plural aspalathuses)

1. Any of the genus Aspalathus of flowering plants.
2. (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 […]