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Balanites Aegyptiaca
(gcide) | Zachun \Za*chun"\, n. (Bot.)
An oil pressed by the Arabs from the fruit of a small thorny
tree (Balanites Aegyptiaca), and sold to piligrims for a
healing ointment. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
[1913 Webster] |
Balanites AEgyptiaca
(gcide) | Bito \Bi"to\, n., Bito tree \Bi"to tree`\ . [Etym. uncertain.]
(Bot.)
A small scrubby tree (Balanites [AE]gyptiaca) growing in
dry regions of tropical Africa and Asia.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The hard yellowish white wood is made into plows in
Abyssinia; the bark is used in Farther India to stupefy
fish; the ripe fruit is edible, when green it is an
anthelmintic; the fermented juice is used as a
beverage; the seeds yield a medicinal oil called
zachun. The African name of the tree is hajilij.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
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Balanites Aegyptiaca
(gcide) | Zachun \Za*chun"\, n. (Bot.)
An oil pressed by the Arabs from the fruit of a small thorny
tree (Balanites Aegyptiaca), and sold to piligrims for a
healing ointment. --J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants).
[1913 Webster]Bito \Bi"to\, n., Bito tree \Bi"to tree`\ . [Etym. uncertain.]
(Bot.)
A small scrubby tree (Balanites [AE]gyptiaca) growing in
dry regions of tropical Africa and Asia.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The hard yellowish white wood is made into plows in
Abyssinia; the bark is used in Farther India to stupefy
fish; the ripe fruit is edible, when green it is an
anthelmintic; the fermented juice is used as a
beverage; the seeds yield a medicinal oil called
zachun. The African name of the tree is hajilij.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
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