myrrh

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Meaning

Noun

  • A red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the species Commiphora myrrha.
  • The herb chervil.

Origin

  • From Middle English mirre, from Old English myrre, from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα, from Semitic. Compare Arabic مُرّ, Hebrew . Compare מרור : maror.

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