# balm of Gilead

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A rare perfume produced in Gilead and used medicinally, mentioned in the Bible. It is sometimes thought to have come from the plant Commiphora gileadensis, and sometimes from a terebinth tree in the genus Pistacia.
2. A remedy believed to cure all disease; panacea.
3. Any plant of species Cedronella canariensis, family Lamiaceae, native to Macaronesia.

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