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Myrrhis odorata is a tall herbaceous perennial plant growing to 2 metres (6 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) tall and 1 m (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) wide. [7] The leaves are fernlike, 2–4-pinnate, finely divided, feathery, up to 50 centimetres (20 in) long, with whitish patches near the rachis. The plant is softly hairy and smells strongly of aniseed when crushed.
Myrrh oil, warm, slightly musty smell. Myrtle; Neem oil or neem tree oil; Neroli is produced from the blossom of the bitter orange tree. Nutmeg oil; Orange oil, like lemon oil, cold pressed rather than distilled. Consists of 90% d-Limonene. Used as a fragrance, in cleaning products and in flavoring foods. Oregano oil, contains thymol and carvacrol
amber: orange-yellow traffic light (US: yellow light) orange-yellow colour fossilised resin a material used in the construction of some tobacco pipes' stems (Amber) female given name (sealed in amber) state of being oblivious to changing circumstances anaesthetist (UK), anesthetist (US) physician trained to induce anaesthesia (US: anesthesiologist)
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Amber is a unique preservational mode, preserving otherwise unfossilizable parts of organisms; as such it is helpful in the reconstruction of ecosystems as well as organisms; [57] the chemical composition of the resin, however, is of limited utility in reconstructing the phylogenetic affinity of the resin producer. [1] Amber sometimes contains ...
Articles relating to myrrh, a gum-resin extracted from a number of small, thorny tree species of the genus Commiphora. [1] Myrrh resin has been used throughout history as a perfume, incense and medicine. Myrrh mixed with posca or wine was common across ancient cultures, for general pleasure, and as an analgesic
Commiphora myrrha, called myrrh, [1] African myrrh, [1] herabol myrrh, [1] Somali myrrhor, [1] common myrrh, [3] is a tree in the family Burseraceae. It is one of the primary trees used in the production of myrrh , a resin made from dried tree sap .
Over the centuries Myrrha, the girl, and myrrh, the fragrance, have been linked etymologically. Myrrh was precious in the ancient world, and was used for embalming, medicine, perfume, and incense. The Modern English word myrrh (Old English: myrra) derives from the Latin Myrrha (or murrha or murra, all are synonymous Latin words for the tree ...